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ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER "ADVANCE" 
First* International Exposition Grand Champion Fat Steer Over All Breeds 




PRESS OF LIVE STOCK WORLD 
CHICAGO 



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Photo by Courtesy of Clay-Robinson .& Co 



AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF ILLINOIS. 

Grand Champion Carload of Fat Steers at 1900 International Exposition. Sold at 15%c Per Pound t 

Clay, Robinson & Co. Fed and Exhibited by Late Hon. L. H. Kerrick. 



Supremacy of 
Aberdeen- Angus Cattle 



Results of Leading Fat Stock Shows During Past Decade 
in Great Britain and America. Classification of 
Special Premiums and American Aberdeen- 
Angus Breeders' Association Sales 
for the Year 1909 



EDITED BY CHAS. GRAY, SECRETARY 



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PUBLISHED BY 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS* ASSOCIATION 

17 EXCHANGE AVENUE, CHICAGO 



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CONTENTS 



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Awards of American Fat Stock Shows 



Pages 

Title, Contents and Introduction 5-7 

Table of Awards and Summary of Single 

Fat Animal Exhibits at International.. 9-14 
Why Stock Yards Buyers Like Aber- 
deen-Angus (by Henry Du Plan) 16-17 

Table of Awards and Summary of Fat 

Carload Lot Exhibits at International. 

Table of Comparative Average Prices 

at Auction of Fat Carload Lots at 

International 



19-29 



28 



Pages 
Table of Awards of International Car- 
cass Contest and Review of Same (by 

Prof. Wayne Dinsmore) 34-3S 

Table of Awards of St. Joseph Show, 
Iowa State and Inter-state Fairs, West- 
ern Stock Show, Fort Worth Show and 

Canadian Show 

Recapitulation of American Fat Stock 
Shows 



Awards of British Fat Stock Shows 



Title, Introduction 47-49 

Aberdeen-Angus Element in Beef Pro- 
duction (By James R. Barclay) 50-54 

Aberdeen-Angus Verdicts of 1908 (By 
Editor of Glasgow Herald) 55-56 

Table of Awards and Summary of Single 
Fat Animal Exhibits at Smithfield 
Show 57 " 63 

Table of Awards of Smithfield Carcass 
Contest, facing Summary of same 66 



Table of Awards and Summary of Single 
Fat Animal Exhibits at Birmingham 
Show ■ • ■ 

Table of Awards and Summary of Butch- 
ers' Best Bullock Contest at Birm- 
ingham Show 

Table of Awards and Summary of Single 
Fat Animal Exhibits at Scottish Na- 
tional Show 

Table of Awards of Aberdeen and Dublin 
Fat Stock Shows 



46 



67-71 



74-79 
79 



1 909 Classifications and Premiums Offered 

Title, Introduction 81-82 

Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition 83-85 

International Live Stock Exposition 85-89 

American Royal Live Stock Show 90-91 

St. Joseph Inter-state Live Stock and 

Horse Show 91-93 

Western Stock Show 94-95 



Iowa State Fair. Iowa Inter-state Fair, 
Minnesota State Fair 96-99 

Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Nebras- 
ka. South Dakota. Wisconsin. Okla- 
homa, Kansas, Kentucky. North Da- 
kota, West Virginia. Virginia, Ten- 
nessee. Michigan. Colorado. Montana 
and Texas State and Inter-state Fairs. 99-103 



Public Sales 



Table of Comparative Average Prices 
Obtained at Auction by Breeds from 
1899-1908 



104 



American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' As- 
sociation Sales and requirements of 1909 
entries 105-106 



Illustrations 



Advance. 1900 International Grand Cham- 
pion Steer Frontispiece 

' 'American Beauties' ' 3 

International 1900 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 4 

Shamrock 1902 International Grand Cham- 
pion steer 

Clear Lake Jute 2d, 1904 International 
Grand Champion Steer 

Pittsburg Grand Champion Fat Carload 
Lot 

American Royal 1906 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 

International 1908 Champion Fat Carload 
Lot of Yearlings 

Chuck and Round of Exilio's Grand 
Champion Carcass 32-33 

International 1908 Fat Steer Herd 39 

Sioux City and St. Joseph 1908 Grand 
Champion Steer 40 



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Western Stock Show 1909 Grand Cham- 
pion Steer 

International College Champion Steer of 
1906 

Fort Worth 1909 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot 

"Four Scotch Lassies" 

Smithfield and Birmingham 190S Grand 
Champion Heifer 

Short Loin and Rib Roast of a Grand 
Champion Carcass 

Scottish National 1908 Grand Champion 
Heifer 

Scottish National 190S Champion Steer... 

International Exposition Amphitheater.. 

International 1908 Grand Champion Fat 
Carload Lot back cover 

Fyvie Knight 190S Grand Champion 
Steer back cover 



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64 



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Introduction 

The chief mission of this pamphlet is for the purpose of setting forth the com- 
parative merits of the leading beef breeds in Great Britain and America. To 
treat this subject scientifically and practically in an exhaustive manner would require 
much more time than the average man of this busy age can afford, especially in 
America, thus only the essence of the facts that enter into the results of the past 
decade of British and American Shows and Expositions have been used. 

So much of a general nature has been written on the merits of the beef breeds 
that the theories or speculations constitute a mass of material that is like a mountain 
of bewilderment to the average cattleman. Elaboration for explanation of a theory 
is necessary. However, right at this point every practical and scientific cattleman 
should get fixed in mind the definition of the terms practical, scientific, theory 
and hypothesis. 

All arguments of the merits of all the beef breeds should be based on practical 
or scientific foundations. America is a country of science with practice, thus no 
up-to-date American should lag in the ruts of theory or listen to dreams that belong 
in the category of hypothesis. 

To avoid generalization and at the same time present the true merits of tht 
Aberdeen-Angus breed of cattle, the results of the leading Live Stock Shows 
and Expositions have been used, where the leading beef breeds of cattle have 
been in direct competition in Great Britain and America. The past decade is 
considered the best criterion of the beef cattle industry in America, therefore the 
results obtained from such a period are without question a true index of the merits 
of the rival beef breeds. 

It is conceded by all leading cattle authorities that practical and scientific 
production of beef has reached a higher degree of excellence in Great Britain and 
America than in any other countries of the world. It is further conceded that the 
marvelous results obtained have been accomplished chiefly by the object lessons pre- 
sented at the great Live Stock Shows of Great Britain and America, such as the Inter- 
national Exposition, Chicago, 111. ; American Royal, Kansas City, Mo. ; Inter-State 
Show, St. Joseph, Mo. ; Western Stock Show, Denver, Colo. ; National Stock 
Show, Fort Worth, Texas, etc., in America; London Smithfield Show_and Birm- 
ingham Show in England; Edinburgh and Aberdeen Shows in Scotland, and Dublin 
Show, Ireland. 

With these facts in view, the motive originated and took form in a compilation 
of the show ring results of the single steer, fat carload lot, and carcass contests, 
etc. In regard to the above mentioned Shows and the following tabulated results, 
some cattlemen may view them with a somewhat skeptical turn of mind to satisfy 
an individual belief based on neither practice nor theory. However, such be- 
lievers will be in the minority, and I am satisfied the majority will look upon them 
as accurate results of the merits of the rival beef breeds. 

The data has been compiled with the utmost care from the official records of 
the various Shows. The author feels greatly indebted to the secretaries of British 
Shows and to Superintendent B. H. Heide of the International Exposition, as well 
as officials of other Shows. 

Several of the illustrations and some of the material which has been inserted 
to leaven the tables of figures have been obtained through courtesy of the Breeder's 
Gazette. 

To the Farmers Annual I feel indebted for the 1908 review of Aberdeen- 
Angus affairs and conditions, and to Prof. Wayne Dinsmore for the practical and 
scientific treatise on the carcass tests. 



Chicago International Exposition Awards 

Grades and Cross-Breds 
Competition Limited to Steers and Heifers 



1900. 



TOTAL ENTRIES 



33 several not shown 
48 several not shown 
25 several not shown 
7 shown 



CLASS 



2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 
under 1 year 
herd 



Aberdeen- 
Angus rating: 



1 2 



Shorthorn 
rating 



2 3 4 



Hereford 
rating- 



12 3 



%2 



Mixed 
rating- 



12 3 4 



*2 



t3 



*Hereford-Shorthorn JHereford-Holstein fAberdeen-Angus-Galloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen- Angus 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Hereford. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Aberdeen- Anaus 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 " Hereford" 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 ' Aberdeen- Anaus' 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2. Grade" Aberdeen -Angus! 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford 

Reserve animal under 1 year \\ Hereford' 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen -Anaus' 

Reserve champion single animal of the show .....[ .'! Aberdeen -Angus." 



1901. 



TOTAL ENTRIES 





Aberdeen- 


Shorthorn 


Hereford 


Mixed 


CLASS 


Angus rating 


rating 


rating 


rating 


12 3 4 


12 3 4 


12 3 4 


12 3 4 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 












3 


4 




2 














[senior yearling 




2 


3 












1 




4 
4 










jjunior yearling 










1 


2 


3 


















senior calf 
•junior calf 
herd 




2 
2 




4 


1 


2 


3 


4 


1 
1 




3 


4 






*3 





38 several not shown 
25 several not shown 
20 several not shown 
13 two not shown 
16 several not shown 
8 shown 

* Breed unknown. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) G-rarfP TTPr^fnrri 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) . .Grnde' Aberdeen -Angus: 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Aberdeen- An n .,« 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Shorthorn" 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 TTprpfoS' 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 .'.'.'.V/.V. Aberdeen -Angus! 



S^ p ! on „f. n A^ al u . nd€ r i y^ :.::::::::::::::: : : : : : Aberdeen.Angus. 

en-Angus. 

Hereford. 



Reserve animal under 1 year. Ah ^ 

Grand champion single animal of 'the' snow'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. wI^ISS' 



Reserve champion single animal of the show. ... ..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. Aberdeen '. 



Angus. 



1902. 



TOTAL ENTRIES 



29 several not shown 

24 several not shown 

25 several not shown 
19 several not shown 

S two not shown 
8 shown 



CLASS 



Aberdeen- j 
Angus rating 



Shorthorn 
rating 



123 4 5 1123 4 5_ 



2 y'rs and under 3 
senior yearling 
junior yearling 
senior calf 
junior calf 
herd 



Hereford 
rating 



12 3 4 5 



Mixed 
rating 



12 3 4 



Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 
.Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 



Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen -Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3 Hereford 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2. Aberdeen-Angus! 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2... Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford 

Reserve animal under 1 year — ^ Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show ■ ■ " ' ' al.-j--,,. Annus 

Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdee "; A ^- 

Reserve champion single animal of the show 



1903. 



TOTAL ENTRIES 



34 several not shown 

19 several not shown 

20 several not shown 
27 several not shown 
12 several not shown 

9 shown 
15 several not shown 



CLASS 



2 y'rs and under 3 
senior yearling 
junior yearling 

calf 

calf 



senior 
junior 
herd 
get of 



one sire 



Aberdeen- i Shorthorn 


Hereford 






Mixed 


Angus rating | 


rating 


rating 


rating 


12 3 4 


5 


12 3 4 5 


1 


2 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 




2 


| 


5 












1 




3 












$4 


1 


2 
2 

2 


6 

3 
3 

o 

o 

3 


4 
A 


5 

5 






3 


4 


5 


i 

1 

1 

|l 


2 
2 




4 
4 


5 


•1 


*2 







* Shorthorn- Galloway. J Galloway. 

, , N Hereford. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds C ° mpetin9 ^ ereford 

Champion animal 2 years old and under 3 "Hereford" 

Reserve. animal 2 years old and under 3. . Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show • Hereford. 

*Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Anaus. 

Reserve champion s ingle animal of the sho w .^^^^ • • • Aberaeen Mngus 

*Some authorities claim this animal correctly belongs in mixed class. 



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1904. 











Aberdeen- 


Shorthorn 


Hereford 


Mixed 




TOTAL, ENTRIES 


CLASS 


Angus rating 


rating 


1 


rating 


rating 




12 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 


2 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 


32 


several not shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 










5 


1 






4 






2 


3 














■ 


23 


several not shown 


senior yearling 


1 




3 


4 
















z 






5 












21 


several not shown 


junior yearling- 


























3 


4 


5 


*1 


*9 








20 


several not shown 


senior calf 




2 


3 




5 












1 
















u 




10 


several not shown 


junior calf 


















4 








3 




5 


*1 


*2 






14 


shown 


herd 






3 
















1 






4 






t2 








11 


shown 


get of one sire 




2 






















3 






§1 









* Shorthorn-Galloway. fMixed herd. §Mixed or cross-bred. tGallowas-. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Aberdeen -Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Champion animal under 1 year Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Grade Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen -Angus. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford. 



1905. 







Aberdeen- 


Shorthorn 


Hereford 


Mixed 




TOTAL ENTRIES 


CLASS 


Angus rating 

12 3 4 5 


rating 


rating 




rating 




12 3 4 5 


12 3 4 


5 


12 3 4 5 


25 several not shown 


i 
2 y'rs and under 3 


1 


2 












4 






1 


3 




5 












1.2 one not shown 


senior yearling 




2 3 


4 















1 




















24 several not shown 


junior yearling 


1 


2! 






















4 


5 






13 






26 several not shown 


senior calf 


1 


2! 











6 












4 J 


' 5 












17 several not shown 


junior calf 


1 


| 






















4 


5 




f2 


$3 






10 shown 


herd 




2l 


4 
























|*1 




£3 






9 shown 


get of one sire 


1 


2j 3 


























1 











* Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn-Galloway, t Aberdeen- Angus-Hereford. #*Breed unknown. 
f Shorthorn- Galloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Aberdeen -Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Grade Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve animal 2 years old and under 3. . . . Hereford. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Hereford. 

Reserve animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Reserve animal under 1 year Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Grade Aberdeen-Angus 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Hereford. 



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1906. 







Aberdeen- 


Shorthorn 


Hereford 


Mixed 


TOTAL ENTRIES 


CLASS 


Angus rating 
12 3 4 5 


rating 


rating 


rating 




12 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 


1 2 3 4 5 


28 two not shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 






4 


5 




2 






















§3 






21 several not shown 


senior yearling 






3 








2 














4 


5 


•1 










22 several not shown 


junior yearling 


1 














3 








2 






5 








14 




16 two not shown 


senior calf 


1 


•> 


O 




5 


















4 














13 several not shown 


junior calf 


1 






4 
















2 












$3 




*5 


9 shown 


herd 




2 


3 
















1 
















ff4 




7 shown 


get of one sire 




2 


3 
















1 








1 













J; Shorthorn- Angus. §Galloway. ffBreed unknown. * Hereford- Angus. f Shorthorn-Galloway. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Hereford-Aberdeen- Angus. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Shorthorn. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Hereford. 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Mixed herd — breed unknown. 

Grand champion single animal of the show Hereford. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen -Angus. 



1907. 







Aberdeen- 


Shorthorn i 


Hereford 


Mixed 


TOTAL ENTRIES 


CLASS 


Angus rating 


rating 

12 3 4 5 | 


rating 


rating 




12 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 


12 3 4 5 


37 several not shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 






3 


4 
















2 






5 


•1 










15 two not shown 


senior yearling 




2 


o 


4 












5 


1 




















35 several not shown 


junior yearling 






o 
















1 


2 




4 












tf> 


21 several not shown 


senior calf 




2 


3 






1 








5 








4 














8 one not shown 


junior calf 


1 


2 






















3 


4 


5 












9 shown 


herd 




2 


o 
o 


4 














1 




















17 shown 


get of one sire 


1 


2 


3 





































♦ Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn. f Aberdeen- Angus-Hereford. 

Champion animal (grade or cross-bred) Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve animal (grade or cross-bred) Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn. 

Champions by Ages (Pure-breds, Grades and Cross-breds Competing). 

Champion animal 2 years' old and under 3 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal 1 year old and under 2 Aberdeen-Angus. 

Champion animal under 1 year Grade Shorthorn! 

Champion herd of the show Aberdeen-Angus. 

Reserve herd of the show Hereford. 

Grand champion single animal of the show ! . Grade Shorthorn. 

Reserve champion single animal of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 



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1908. 




Grand Champion Single Steer Awards 



Year. 


BREED. Price per lb. 


NAME OF ANIMAL. 


1900 


Aberdeen -Angus 


$1.50 


Advance 


1901 


Hereford 


.50 


Wood's Principal 


1902 


Aberdeen -Angus 


.56 


Shamrock 


1903 


Mixed (Hereford) 


.26 


Challenger 


1904 


Aberdeen -Angus 


.36 


Clear Lake Jute 2d 


1905 


Aberdeen -Angus 


.25 


Blackrock 


1906 


Hereford 


not sold 


Peerless Wilton 39th 
Defender 


1907 


Shorthorn 


.24 


Roan King 


1908 


Aberdeen- Angus 


..26% 


Fyvie Knight 



NAME OF EXHIBITOR. 
Stanley R. Pierce, Creston, 111. 
Geo. P. Henry, Goodenow, 111. 
Iowa State College 
University of Nebraska 
University of Minnesota 
Iowa State College 
s F. A. Nave, Attica, Ind. 

James Leask, Greenbank, Ont., 

Canada. 
University of Indiana. 



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Summary of Single Steer and Heifer Competition 

A glance at the foregoing table of awards reveals some interesting features of the 
substantial and steady growth the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made since the incep- 
tion of the International Exposition. At the first few Expositions the Hereford and 
Shorthorn breeds seem to have been more in evidence in the money positions than 
they have been in recent years. A brief synopsis of nine Expositions is as follows: 
Out of two hundred and sixty-one possible places Aberdeen- Angus won 41.7 per 
cent, Herefords 32.9 per cent, Shorthorns 1 4.9 per cent, Galloways 1 . 1 per cent, 
mixed 9.2 per cent. 

In competition for Championships out of nine possible Championships for Grades 
and Cross-breds Aberdeen-Angus won three, Herefords two, Shorthorns three, 
mixed Hereford-Angus one, and in same class only seven Reserves were reported, 
which were won as follows: Aberdeen- Angus two, Herefords three, one mixed 
Shorthorn-Galloway, and one mixed Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn. 

Out of nine possible Grand Championships and nine Reserves (competition 
open to pure-breds, grades and cross-breds) Aberdeen-Angus won five of each, Here- 
fords three of each, and Shorthorns one of each. 

Out of seven Grand Champion steer herd prizes, Aberdeen-Angus won five, 
Herefords one, and a mixed herd of Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn-Galloway one. Only 
five of the seven Reserve Grand Champion steer herd prizes were reported, two being 
won by Aberdeen-Angus, two by Herefords, one by a mixed herd. 

Out of twenty-seven possible Champion awards by ages (pure-breds, grades and 
cross-breds competing) Aberdeen-Angus won fifteen, Herefords nine, Shorthorns 
three, and out of the twenty Reserves which were reported Aberdeen- Angus won 
nine, Herefords eight, Shorthorns two, mixed (Shorthorn-Galloway) one. 

Out of the grand total of ninety-three Champion awards Aberdeen-Angus won 
forty-six, Herefords thirty-one, Shorthorns ten, mixed six. 

These facts should serve as conclusive proof of the superior merits of the Aberdeen- 
Angus breed in the single steer competition. 



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AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF MINNESOTA. 

CLEAR LAKE JUTE 2D. 

904 International Exposition Grand Champion Fat Steer Over All Breeds. Fed and Exhibited by the 

University of Minnesota. 



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Why Stock- Yard Buyers Like the Black Polled 

Bullocks 



BY HENRY DU PLAN, 



Buyer for S. & S. Packing Co., and Judge of Carload Lots at the International 

Live Stock Exposition, 1907. 

(From Breeder's Gazette, 1907.) 



Black cattle have by consistent and meritorious performance on the block earned 
the reputation of "honest bullocks." Their unquestioned popularity renders un- 
necessary the backing of assertion by proof. When the yard salesman communi- 
cates the fact that he has a load of "good black ones" the buyer loses no time in 
ascertaining what the goods are. I am no breed crank. Buyers are invariably 
impartial, their sole demand being for good cattle, but they will invariably look at a 
load of "black ones" on a dull market first. The butcher recognizes the merits 
of other beef breeds and when the somewhat difficult feat of realizing top prices is 
achieved each will be found to have taken its share. As a yearling I like the 
Hereford; it has no superior; and the Shorthorn for superb thick beef can hold 
its own with any bullock ever sent into the market. Where the Angus accentuates 
its popularity is in its ability to dress out a higher percentage of good beef at any 
stage of its career, from baby size to the bullock of mammoth proportions. As a 
yearling it is as desirable as any, when aged and weighty it cuts up thick and eco- 
nomical, but in my opinion the black bullock is at its best as a two-year-old. In 
making this assertion I do not refer to the counterfeit, and all breeds have them, but to 
high-grade cattle showing breed type, and the closer they are to being pure-bred the 
better. The Angus cross makes an attractive animal, as the popularity of the blue- 
grey in British markets proves conclusively. 

A load of black bullocks of the same quality and finish as a load of any other 
kind will invariably elicit a bid 10 cents higher than the buyer would feel justified 
in offering for others. He has by long experience determined, in his own mind 
at least, that results justify him in doing this. The statement that the "black" is 
an 'honest bullock" explains this. When he starts a load of black ones toward the 
scales he does it with the conviction that he has not booked himself for a calling 
down when the dressing sheet has been filled out. Not only will he get a high 
percentage of beef, but it will be good meat, and when displayed on the hooks 
will attract the eye of the retailer, a more critical buyer than the layman imagines. 

I do not wish to be suspected of disparaging good bullocks of other breeds. 
They all have merit, much of it in superlative degree, but when the Angus is con- 
trasted with the ordinary drove of steers it shines out conspicuously. The £i'/7er 
never experiences the least trouble in disposing of the choice cuts. Loins and ribs 
are always in demand and at a premium. It so happens that the blacks carry a 
large percentage of their weight above a line drawn midway and horizontally through 

16 



the carcass. The neck is short and the hind quarter well filled out. When de- 
cently bred the Angus carries a high percentage of desirable meat of excellent 
quality, fine-graind, mottled and compact. The meat is always thick on the rib 
where it is worth money and there is no excess of plate. Being short legged the 
shank is not prominent in the carcass. Give me a load of black cattle aging anywhere 
from long yearlings to short three-year-olds and I will seek no further for quality. 

One reason why the butcher is partial to them is that they are fine-boned and 
when an experienced retailer enters a beef cooler to select material with which to 
replenish his stock he invariably begins a patient search for the black ones, frequently 
surprising beef men by the certainty with which he picks them out of the mass. 
A black carcass is always a nice carcass and my experience justifies me in stating 
that there are fewer counterfeits in this breed than any other. Of course there are 
black cattle that deceive the feeder, but invariably the stock yard buyer is equal 
to the task of weeding them out in his rounds. A black bull in a dairy herd will 
create a crop of black calves decidedly superior for beef purposes to the progeny of a 
dairy bull, but when marketed they are not the kind of cattle that prompt buyers to 
ride their horses lame for the purpose of getting a bid down. It is the load of 
well bred ones that justifies the scramble to get possession. 

The fact that they are hornless has been a factor in creating market popularity 
for black cattle, but more stress has been put on that feature than conditions 
justify. Under present feeding methods 75 per cent of the high-priced cattle reaching 
market are minus horns either by the breeding or shearing process, consequently 
the polled breeds have little advantage on that score. Feeders realize that shippers 
and exporters are ready to pay a premium for hornless beasts and that when mar- 
keted in that shape they are eligible to outside competition. It is possible that the 
polled steer possesses superior merit from the standpoint of the feeder, but as a 
stock yard buyer I do not believe the absence of horns gives the polled breeds any 
distinct advantage now that dehorning is so general. Whatever prestige the blacks 
enjoy is due to their dressing and cutting qualities. 



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Chicago International Fat Carload Lot Awards 

Competition Open to Steers and Heifers of Any Breed 

In the classification for Carload Lots the United States and Canada are divided into six Districts, 
and the territory which each District comprises is as follows: 

Northwest District: Washington, Oregon, California (north of the quarantine), Idaho, Nevada and 
Utah and Territory and Provinces of Northwest Canada. 
North Central District: Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and South Dakota. 

South Central District: Colorado and that part of the states of Kansas and Nebraska lying west 
of the ninety-eighth degree of longitude. 

Southwest District: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and that part of Texas and Old Mexico 
lying north of the United States quarantine line. 

Southern District: All that part of the United States and Mexico lying south of the United States 
quaranine line. 

Eastern District: Animals to compete under this head may have been bred in any part of the 
world not provided for in the foregoing five districts. 

1900 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



1 Shorthorn 

1 Ab.-Angus 

2 Both mixed 

1 Hereford 

2 1 Shorthorn 

3 All Ab.-Angus 

3 All Herefords 

2 Ab.-Angus 

3 1 Hereford 

1 Shorthorn 



3 All Shorthorns 

1 Ab.-Angus 

1 Shorthorn 
3 1 Hereford 

1 Ab.-Angus 

1 Hereford 
3 1 breed unk'wn 

1 Hereford 
3 2 Shorthorns 



DISTRICT. 



Northwest 



North Central 



North Central 



South Central 



South Central 



Southwest 



Southwest 



Southern 



Southern 



Eastern 



Eastern 



Eastern 



CLASS. 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 vear and under2 



3 vears and over 



2 y'rs and under3 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



years or over 



2 y'rs ar.d under 3 



1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



1 2 

1 



Mixed 
rating 

1st 2d 3d 



*3 



Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 



1 




o 
o 


1 

1 






1 1 


2 


9 




t2 



Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen -Angus. 
*Breed unknown. f Hereford- Shorthorn. 

19 



1901 



TOTAL AND NO. 
OF ENTRIES OF DISTRICT. 

EACH BREED. 



1 A b. -Angus Northwest 



1 Hereford 



1 Mixed 

2 Ab. -Angus 

1 Hereford 
4 1 breed unk'wn 

1 Ab. -Angus 

2 1 Hereford 



1 Hereford 



1 Ab. -Angus 



1 Hereford 

1 Ab. -Angus 

2 Herefords 

5 2 breed unk'wn 

1 Ab. -Angus 

1 Hereford 
1 Mixed 
8 5 breed unk'wn 



1 Shorthorn 



3 All Shorthorns 



2 Both Shorth'ns 

1 Ab. -Angus 

1 Shorthorn 
1 Mixed 
5 2 breed unk'wn 

12 Ab. -Angus 

21 9 breed unk'wn 

13 Ab. -Angus 

Herefords 
CO Shorthorns 



Northwest 
North Central 
North Central 
North Central 
South Central 

South Central 

Southwest 

Southwest 

Southwest 
Southern 
Southern 
Southern 

Eastern 
Eastern 
Eastern 



CEASS. 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



3 years and over 



y'rs and under 3 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



y'rs and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under2 



3 years and over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen 
Angus 

latmg 

1st 2d 3d 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 





Champ 


on Fat Carloads by 


Ag 


es 




















1 Ab. -Angus 

1 Hereford 
3 1 Shorthorn 




3 years and over 




2 








o 

o 


1 












2 Ab. -Angus 

3 1 Hereford 




2 y'rs and under 3 




2 


o 

o 








1 












2 Herefords 
3 1 Mixed 




1 year and under2 














1 




3 




2 





Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Herefords. 

20 



1902 



TOTAL, AND NO. 
OF ENTRIES OF 


DISTRICT. 


CLASS. 


Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 


Short- 
horn 


Hereford 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 


EACH BREED 




















1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1 Ab. -Angus 






























2 1 breed unk'wn 


North Central 


2 y'rs and under 3 


i 




















*2 




3 All Ab.-A'gus 


North Central 


1 year and under 2 


1 


2 


3 




















1 Ab. -Angus 












1 


















2 1 Shorthorn 


South Central 


2 y'rs and under 3 
























4 Herefords 


















1 


2 


3 








5 1 breed unk'wn 


South Central 


1. year and under 2 




















3 All Herefords 


Southwest 


2 y'rs and under 3 














1 


2 


3 








2 Both Herefords 


Southwest 


1 year and under 2 














1 


2 










2 Both Shorth'ns 


Southern 


3 years and over 








1 


2 
















Mixed load 






























1 S'orn & Her'f'd 


Southern 


2 y'rs and under 3 




















1 






3 Herefords 






















3 








4 1 Shorthorn 


Southern 


1 year and under 2 








1 








2 








4 Ab. -Angus 






























3 Herefords 






























4 Shorthorns 






























12 1 Mixed 


Eastern 


3 years and over 




2 




1 










3 








16 Ab. -Angus 






























11 Herefords 






























12 Shorthorns 






























42 3 breed unk'wn 
15 Ab. -Angus 


Eastern 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 




3 




2 
















7 Herefords 






























5 Shorthorns 






























33 6 breed unk'wn 


Eastern 


1 year ond under 2 




2 










1 




3 









*Ereed unknown. 



Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



Both Shorth'ns 
1 Ab. -Angus 

1 Hereford 
1 Shorthorn 



1 Ab. -Angus 

2 Herefords 



3 years and over 

2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 



1 




3 


1 


2 


3 


1 


2 
2 


i 







Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen- Angus. 



21 



TOTAL, AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



2 Both Ab.-A'gus 



1 Hereford 



DISTRICT. 



North Central 



South Central 



1903 



CLASS. 



9 Breed unknown South Central 



2 y'rs and under 3 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



5 Breed unknown 

1 Ab.-Angus 

2 1 Shorthorn 



5 Breed unknown 

6 All Herefords 
1 Hereford 

1 Hereford 

2 Ab.-Angus 

21 1 Shorthorn 

18 Breed unknown 
38 Breed unknown 



(Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



1st 2d 3d 



1 2 



South Central 1 year and under 2 



Soutlrwest 

Southwest 

Southwest 
Southern 

Southern 

Eastern 

Eastern 
Eastern 



years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 vear and under 2 



3 years or over 



1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



2 
2 



1 2 

1 2 

1 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central District. 



Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



2 Herefords 
3 1 Shorthorn 

1 Ab.-Angus 

3 2 Herefords 



3 All Herefords 



3 years or over 

2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 



Grand champion carload of the show— Herefords. 



22 



1904 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



3 All Herefords 

1 Ab.-Angus 

3 2 Herefords 

1 Ab.-Angus 

5 4 Herefords 



3 All Herefords 



1 Shorthorn 



2 Both Hereford- 



3 All Shorthorns 
8 Ab.-Angus 

1 Hereford 
10 1 Shorthorn 

6 Ab.-Angus 

8 Hereford 
L9 5 Shorthorns 



DISTRICT. 



North Central 



South Central 



Southwest 



Southwest 



Southern 



Southern 



]astern 



Eastern 



Eastern 



CLASS. 



3 years or over 



1 year and under 2 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



2 3 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



1 2 3 



1 2 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



dumber each 
Breed unknown 
9 Ab-Angus 
8 Herefords 

8 1 Shorthorn 
7 Ab-Angus 
12 Herefords 

54 5 Shorthorns 



3 years or over 
2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 





2 




1 










3 






1 














2 


3 






L 




1 










2 


3 







Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen -Angus. 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



1 Hereford 



1 Hereford 



2 Both Hereford 



1 Shorthorn 

2 Herefords 
3 1 Galloway 

2 Ab.-Angus 

2 Herefords 
5 1 Galloway 



1 Hereford 

1 Hereford 

7 All Herefords 

1 Hereford 

2 1 Shorthorn 

4 All Herefords 

4 Herefords 

5 1 Shorthorn 

2 Ab.-Angus 
2 Herefords 

8 4 Shorthorns 
8 Ab.-Angus 

1 Hereford 
10 1 Shorthorn 

7 Ab.-Angus 

2 Herefords 
13 4 Shorthorns 



DISTRICT. 



North Central 
North Central 

North Central 

South Central 
South Central 

South Central 

Southwest 
Southwest 

Southwest 
Southern 

Southern 

Southern 
Eastern 

Eastern 
Eastern 



1905 



CLASS. 



Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



3 years or over 

2 y'rs and under 3 

1 year and under 2 

3 years or over 

2 years and under 3 

1 year and under 2 

3 years or over 

2 years and under 8 

1 year and under 2 

3 years or over 

2 y'rs and under 3 

1 year and under 2 

3 years or over 

2 y'rs and under 3 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



1 year and under 2 

A load of yearling Galloways won second prize in South Central District; also 
third prize in same District in 2-year-old class. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



3 All Herefords 

1 Ab.-Angus 

3 2 Herefords 

2 Herefords 
3 1 Shorthorn 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 vear and under 2 















1 


o 


o 

D 


I 








2 




1 


n 


3 
5 



Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 



24 



1-906 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 


DISTRICT. 


CLASS. 


Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 


Short- 
horn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 


list 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


2 Both Herefords 


North Central 


2 y'rs and under 3 














1 


2 










2 Both Herefords 


North Central 


1 year and under 2 








| 






1 


2 










' 1 Hereford 


South Central 


3 years or over 














1 












2 Both Herefords 


South Central 


2 y'rs and under 3 














L 


2 










2 Ab.-Angus 

3 1 Hereford 


South Central 


1 year and under 2 


1 


2 














o 








2 Herefords 
3 1 Shorthorn 


Southwest 


2 y'rs and under 3 










2 




1 




3 








7 Herefords 
8 1 Shorthorn 


Southwest 


1 year and under 2 








1 








2 


3 








3 All Herefords 

6 Ab.-Angus 

3 Herefords 
3 Shorthorns 
13 1 Galloway 


Southern 
Eastern 


1 year and under 2 
3 years or over 


1 










3 


1 


2 
2 


3 








10 Ab.-Angus 

4 Herefords 
15 1 Shorthorn 


Eastern 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 


2 


3 




















7 Ab.-Angus 

2 Herefords 
10 Shorthorns 
22 3 Mixed 


Eastern 


1 year and under 2 


1 








2 








o 
O 











Champ 


on Fat Carloads by 


Ages 




















1 Ab.-Angus 

2 1 Hereford 




3 years or over 




2 










1 












1 Ab.-Angus 

4 3 Herefords 




2 y'rs and under 3 


1 














2 


3 








2 Ab.-Angus 

2 Herefords 
5 1 Shorthorn 




1 year and under 2 


1 










3 




2 











Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 



25 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



4 All Herefords 



1 Hereford 

2 Herefords 
3 1 Shorthorn 

3 Herefords 
1 Shorthorn 

5 1 Ab.-Angus 

3 Herefords 
5 2 Galloways 

6 Herefords 
8 2 Ab.-Angus 



2 Both Herefords 

1 Hereford 

8 Herefords 
10 2 Shorthorns 

2 Both Herefords 

2 Both Herefords 
4 Ab.-Angus 



12 



4 Shorthorns 
4 Herefords 



13 Ab.-Angus 

3 Herefords 
17 1 Shorthorn 

6 Ab.-Angus 

10 Herefords 
19 3 Shorthorns 



DISTRICT. 



North Central 

North Central 

North Central 

South Central 

South Central 

South Central 

Southwest 
Southwest 

Southwest 

Southern 
Southern 

Eastern 

Eastern 

Eastern 



1907 



CLASS. 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 



3 years or over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



1st 2d 3d 



Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1 


2 


3 








1 


2 


3 








1 


2 










1 












1 


2 


3 








1 


2 










1 


2 


3 


1 






1 


2 










1 


2 










1 


2 


3 









Galloways won second and third prizes in 2 -year-old class in South Central District. 

Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



4 All Herefords 

1 Ab.-Angus 

5 4 Herefords 

1 Ab.-Angus 

2 Herefords 

5 2 Shorthorns 



years cr over 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



12 3 

■2 3 

I 2 



Grand Champion Carload of the Show — Aberdeen-Angus. 






26 



TOTAL AND NO. 

OF ENTRIES OF 

EACH BREED. 



DISTRICT. 



3 Herefords 
4 1 Galloway 



1 Hereford 



1 Hereford 



2 Both Herefords 



3 Ab. -Angus 

5 2 Herefords 



2 Both Herefords 



1 Hereford 



2 Both Herefords 



1 Hereford 

2 Ab. -Angus 

3 Shorthorns 

2 Herefords 
8 1 Mixed 

9 Ab.-Angus 

10 1 Hereford 

5 Ab.-Angus 

3 Shorthorns 
7 Herefords 

16 1 Mixed 



North Central 
North Central 



South Central 3 years or over 



1908 



CLASS. 



2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 

1st 2d~ 3d 



South Central 

South Central 

Southwest 

Southwest 

Southern 

Southern 

Eastern 
Eastern 

Eastern 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 | L 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



2 y'rs and under 3 



1 year and under 2 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



3 years or over 
2 y'rs and under 3 

1 year and under 2 



1 

1 2 



Champion Fat Carloads by Ages 



1 Ab.-Angus 

2 1 Hereford 

1 Ab.-Angus 

5 4 Herefords 

2 Ab.-Angus 

5 3 Herefords 



3 years or over 
2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 



1st 2d 3d 1st 2d 3d 



Herefordlj Mixed 
rating h ra ting 



1 2 

1 2 3 

i 11 _ 



Grand Champion Carload of the Show— Aberdeen -Angus. 



27 



Grand Champion Fat Carload Lot Award; 



Year. BREED. 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus 

1903 Hereford 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus 

1901 Hereford 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus 



Price 
per cwt. 

$11.00 

8.00 

17.00 

8.65 

10.00 

8.35 

14.50 

12.00 

15.50 



Funk 
Claus 
Funk 
Claus' 
Claus 
W>. F. 
Chas'. 
D. W. 
L. H 



NAME OF EXHIBITOR. 

Bros., Bloomington, 111. 

Krambeck, Marne, Iowa 

Bros., Bloomington, 111. 

Krambeck, Marne, Iowa 

Krambeck, Marne, Iowa 

Herrin, Buffalo, 111. 
Escher, Sr., Manning, Iowa 

Black, Lyndon, Ohio 
Kerrick, Bloomington, 111. 



Chicago International Exposition 

Comparative Average Prices of Fat Carload Lots at Auction by Breed* 







1908 


Name of Breed. 


OB 

o 

o 
6 
Z 


ft fe 
ft 


Aberdeen-Angus 

Hereford 

Shorthorn 

Galloway 

Mixed, Texans and 


cows 


18 
25 
9 
1 


9 53 

8 84 
8 51 
8 00 



Name of Breed. 



Aberdeen-Angus 

Hereford 

Shorthorn 

Galloway 

Mixed, Texans and cows 



1903 



48 

24 

23 

2 

22 



ft 



5 96 
5 99 

5 61 

6 05 
5 64 







1904 


05 




"O 




O 


© & 


iA 


«U 


O 


ft fe 


O 


ft 




17 
11 
11 



p. 


( 0) 

ft 


7 


94 


7 


48 


7 


45 


7 


22 



224 7 69 

229 7 21 

113 7 10 

12 6 93 

51 6 32 



28 



Summary of Fat Carload Lot Competition 

The Fat Carload Lot division record was rather crudely kept the first year, 
thus some of the awards have to be classed as "breed unknown." 

The above table shows clearly that in point of number of awards the Herefords 
are far in the lead of any other breed, which substantiates the claims of the 
zealous advocates of this breed. The feature or question, however, that should 
interest not only Aberdeen-Angus breeders, but also breeders of all beef breeds and 
cattle feeders in general, is how much actual competition did each breed have? An 
analysis of the above table gives quite a different conclusion than may be gleaned 
from it by a superficial observance. 

Out of the total number of 263 awards, Aberdeen-Angus won 25 firsts, 26 
seconds, 18 thirds; Herefords 63 firsts, 40 seconds, 29 thirds; Shorthorns 21 
firsts, 1 5 seconds, 1 3 thirds ; Galloways 3 seconds, 2 thirds ; mixed 4 firsts, 2 
seconds, 2 thirds. 

The interesting feature of the Fat Carload Lot competition is to learn how many 
prizes each breed won where its rivals were not represented. We find that Aber- 
deen-Angus won 6 firsts, 3 seconds and 2 thirds, where no Herefords, Shorthorns, 
etc., were shown. The Shorthorns won 15 firsts, 9 seconds and 4 thirds where 
no Aberdeen- Angus were shown. Herefords won 46 firsts, 3 1 seconds and 1 7 thirds 
where Aberdeen-Angus were absent. By making the proper deductions from the actual 
awards and only taking into consideration the classes in which Aberdeen-Angus, 
Herefords and Shorthorns took part, we find that the Aberdeen-Angus won 1 9 
firsts, 23 seconds and 16 thirds; Herefords 17 firsts, 9 seconds, 12 thirds; Short- 
horns 6 firsts, 6 seconds, 9 thirds. 

It will be noted in the competition for Champions by ages there are twenty- 
seven possible prizes, and the representation won by each breed for this competition 
by virtue of their winnings in the open district classes are as follows: Aberdeen- 
Angus represented in nineteen classes, Herefords twenty-five classes; Shorthorns were 
entitled to seventeen, but only showed in fourteen. While the Herefords secured 
six more chances than the Aberdeen-Angus, the results show that Aberdeen-Angus 
won 1 3 firsts, 4 seconds, 3 thirds ; Herefords 1 firsts, 1 9 seconds, 1 5 thirds ; Short- 
horns 4 firsts, 2 seconds, 4 thirds; mixed 2 seconds, 1 third. 

While the above deductions from the practical facts embodied in table show 
clearly that the Aberdeen-Angus is superior, as a climax to the foregoing it is only 
necessary to add that out of nine possible Grand Championships offered for best 
carload, Aberdeen-Angus have won seven times and Herefords twice. 

About the same proportion of Reserve Grand Championships were won by 
Aberdeen- Angus, showing that the "doddies" have won more than three- fourths of 
all the Grand Championships and Reserves in the Fat Carload Lot division. 



29 




AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF IOWA 
Grand Champion Carload Steers at 1906 American Royal Live Stock Show, Kansas City, Mo. Fed and 

Exhibited by the Late Claus Krambeck. 



30 




Photo by courtesy of Bowles & Co. 
AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF MISSOURI. 
Champion Carload of Yearling Fat Steers at 1908 International Exposition. Sold at 13c per pound by 

Bowles & Co. Fed and Exhibited by W. C. White. 



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CHUCK OF ABERDEEN -ANGUS STEER EXILIC 
Best Grand Champion Carcass of Any Breed that has been shown at International Exposition. 



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ROUND OF ABERDEEN-ANGUS STEER EXILIO. 
Best Grand Champion Carcass of Any Breed that has been Shown at International Exposition. 



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Chicago International Exposition Carcass Contest 

Awards 1900-1908 

Competition Open to Steers or Heifers 

1900 



Total Entries 


CLASS 


Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 


Short- 
horn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Galloway 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 


. 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


13 shown 

3 shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 


1 


2 








1 








2 


3 
3 





























190' 
































Total Entries 


CLASS 


Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 


Shorthorn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Galloway 
rating 




1st 2d 3d 4th 


5th 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


33 shown 
13 shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 


1 


2 


o 
o 






1 














3 








2 









1902 



Total Entries 


CLASS 


Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 


Short- 
horn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Galloway 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 




1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


5 shown 
9 shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 


1 

L 


2 




1 


5 










2 


3 








i 




fi3 


$4 


15 



|] Jersey- Guernsey. J Jersey-Holstein. -j-Red Poll. 















1903 






























Total Entries 


CLASS 


Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 


Shorthorn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Galloway 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 




1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 4th 


1st 2d 3d 


10 shown 
5 shown 


2 y'rs and under 3 
1 year and under 2 


1 


2 

2 


3 

o 


4 


5 










5 








1 






4 









1904 



Total 
Entries 


CLASS 
2 y'rs and under 3 

1 year and under 2 


Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 


Shorthorn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


. Galloway 
1 rating 


Mixed 
rating 




1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 4th 


1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 


8 shown 
11 shown 


1 


2 


3 

3 




2 






5 














4 


$1 






*4 


t5 



*Hereford-Holstein. fRed Poll. J Shorthorn-Galloway. 



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Total 
Entries 



7 shown 



CLASS 



2 y'rs and under 3 



6 shown 1 year and under 2 1 



Aberdeen- 


Angus 


rating 1 


1st 2d 3d 4th | 


1 




3 


4 


1 









1905 

Shorthorn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 



Galloway 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



*2 §3 f5 



* Breed unknown. § Shorthorn-Galloway. fRed Poll. 

1906. 



Total Entries 



L3 shown 



CLASS 



2 y'rs and under 3 



#L4 shown 1 year and under 2 



Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



12 3 4 5 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



1 2 



Galloway 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



$5 



JMixed. * Galloway-Shorthorn. 



1907 



Total Entries 



,15 shown 



CLASS 



2 y'rs and under 3 



16 shown 1 year and under 2 12 



Abei'deen- 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



12 15 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



Galloway 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 








j 




t3 

*3 



* Polled Hereford. f Red Po11 - 



1908 



Total Entries 



CLASS 



13 shown 2 y'rs and under 3 



15 shown 1 year and under 2 12 



Aberdeen- 
Angus 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



4 5 



Short- 
horn 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Hereford 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Galloway 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 



Mixed 
rating 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 



3 f 4 



■K 



fRed Poll. * Hereford- Angus. 



Grand Champion Carcass Awards 



Tear 



1900 
1901 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1906 
1907 
1908 



Name 



Sam 

Elm Park Lad 
Punch 
College Lad 
Funk's Choice 
College Lad 
Exilio 

Squire Good 
Ben H 



Owner 



M. F. Bunker 

Mich. Agricultural College 

A. P. Grout 

Iowa State College 

Funk Bros 

Iowa State College 

C.J. Off 

C. J. Taggart 

"O. Bratffute & Son 



Rank On Foot 


Breed 


None 


Grade Shorthorn 


Third 


Aberdeen -Angus 


None 


Grade Ab. -Angus 


Fifth 


Aberdeen- Angus 


Not shown 


Grade Ab. -Angus 


None 


Aberdeen- Angus 


Fifth 


Aberdeen- Angus 


None 


Grade Ab. -Angus 


Fifth* 


Aberdeen -Angus 



*Special class for carcass eattle. 



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Review of International Exposition Carcass 
Contests 1900-1908 

By Wayne Dinsmore 
Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, Iowa Agricultural College 

Ames, Iowa 



A review of the carcass competition at the past nine International Live Stock 
Shows reveals the fact that Aberdeen-Angus cattle and their grades have won 44 
out of a possible 82 prizes. This is 53.6 per cent of all money prizes offered. They 
have also won eight out of the nine championships for dressed carcasses. 

The detailed record given in foregoing shows that out of the 44 winners, 27 
were two-year-olds and 1 7 yearlings. Twenty were pure-bred and 24 were grades. I 
The third prize yearling winner was a Hereford-Angus heifer, so that all the year- 
lings in the 1 908 prize list carried Angus blood. The cross bred however, is not 
listed in the 44. 

The Grand Champion carcasses for the nine International Shows are listed in 
above table and facts concerning each given. 

The facts given establish the right of the Aberdeen-Angus to premier place on j 
the hooks so far as the International carcass contests show; and the beef house experts 
of Packingtown appear to consider that the record made by the Angus in the 
carcass contests does not materially exceed their daily performance on the block. 

Beef animals to meet with general favor from packers and retail butchers must 
dress out a good percentage, supply reasonably fine, grained meat, hang up carcasses 
of good "shape" and carry a high percentage of lean meat, with enough fat to 
give tenderness, juiciness and flavor to the meat, but must not carry too much fat. 
or uneven fat covering. These are the essentials and all beef animals are measured 
as carcass producers by their excellence in the requirements named. 

Claims are sometimes made that the Angus excel all other beef breeds in ali 
these respects, but from the standpoint of a non-partisan observer such broad asser- 
tions do not appear justified. 

The dressing per cent made by the grade and pure-bred Angus entered in the 
carcass tests of 1906 and 1907, was 64.97 per cent for the yearlings and 65.48 
per cent for two-year-olds, while the representatives of other breeds averaged 64.32 
per cent for yearlings and 64.3 per cent for the two-year-olds. This shows a 
slight advantage in dressing percentage, but the difference is so slight that it is not 
safe to assume that the breed has in this any positive advantage over other beef breeds. 

In fineness of grain, figures are not available. The breed representatives have 
shown up well in this respect, but in the judgment of the writer, cannot be given 
any advantage over equally well bred Shorthorn or Hereford cattle of equal 
age, breeding and finish. 

"Shape" or "proportion" of carcass is closely watched by retail butchers. 
Carcasses that are light in bone, close coupled, thick in valuable parts and light in 
the cheap cuts, such as navel, chuck and neck, are preferred. The breed repre- 
sentatives have averaged well in this respect, and yet it is very doubtful whether any 
advantage over other beef breeds can be claimed for the breed on this score. Beef 

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experts, inspecting the carcasses before they were ribbed, without knowledge of 
the breed represented by the various carcasses, have picked well bred cattle of 
other breeds as likely winners quite as often as they have selected the carcasses from 
Angus cattle. This indicates that so far as shape of carcass is concerned, the 
breed can be considered equal, though not superior, to other beef cattle of good 
breeding. 

On three of the four essential carcass requirements, therefore, the Aberdeen - 
Angus cattle have no distinct superiority though these advantages are oftentimes 
claimed for them. The elimination of these three points leaves but one to consider, 
and it is on this last point that the Angus doddies have scored their carcass victories. 

The last requirement is a high per cent of lean meat, with enough lat marbled 
(through the lean to give juiciness, tenderness and flavor, without excessive outside 
fat. Meat of this kind is always in demand among consumers. It is not plentiful 
on the markets. Most of the beef sold is too lean. Such meat has no marbling of 
fat, very little outside fat, and is dry, tough and lacking in flavor when cooked. 
Of the beef that is well marbled, altogether too much is wasteful in outside fat. 
This is not wanted by American consumers. They desire bright red meat that is 
fine grained and well marbled, but do not wish to pay for an inch and a half or more 
of outside fat, to secure the kind of meat they like. Some carcasses will show an 
inch of external fat, yet show very little mixture of fat through the lean. Others, 
with no more external fat, will be well marbled. So far as the writer knows, this differ- 
ence cannot be ascribed to the feed, for while certain feeds will produce firmer 
I flesh and whiter fat than others, no evidence has yet been produced to show that 
certain feeds will cause fat to be mixed with the lean instead of tending to be laid 
on externally. 

It is quite probable that many carcasses showing excellent marblmg, but too much 

outside fat, have been overdone by too long continued feeding. Had slaughtering 

been done earlier the carcass might have cut well marbled without waste. There 

! is little doubt but that this was the case with the Escher steer shown in the 1 908 

carcass tests. 

Despite this, the fact remains that two carcasses showing the right amount of 
external fat covering, may be practically equal in all respects save marbling, but 
while one is well marbled the other is not. This indicates that one animal mixes the 
fat throughout the lean before building up any considerable amount of outside fat, 
while in the other opposite tendencies prevail. This has been known to occur 
in animals that have received identical feed and treatment, and for this reason it 
seems clear that the tendency to marble the lean is due chiefly to the breeding of 
the individual animal. 

In the judgment of the writer, the long list of carcass victories credited to the 
blacks from Aberdeen is due almost entirely to their superiority in this last essential 
carcass requirement. Some of the winners have not been as well marbled as they 
should have been, but on the average they have excelled their competitors in desired 
prcporticn and distribution of fat to lean. The most experienced men in the Chicago 
beef trade, have given this advantage to the carcasses of Angus cattle, without 
knowing what breed they represented. This does not mean in all cases ; but it does 
mean that the majority of carcasses rated high on this point have been those fur- 
nished by "Doddie" blood. This characteristic makes their carcasses prime favorites 
with butchers who cater to the families of well-to-do people and is responsible for 
their popularity in packing house circles. 

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The present excellence in killing qualities possessed by the breed, should not 
blind its advocates to the fact that there are good and poor carcass beasts within 
the breed. Some Angus cattle possess the characteristic tendency to marble lean 
with fat and others do not. The same thing is true of our other beef breeds. At 
present the blackskins average above the other breeds in this, but their lead can be 
very easily cut down if concerted effort is made by the breeders of other beef cattle, in 
the absence of such effort on the part of Angus breeders. No man living can tell 
with certainty what lies beneath the skin of a ripened bullock. The only accurate 
measure of a bull's value as a beef producer is to be found in the steers he sires, 
and these tested on the block. 

The time will come when meat producers will test their sires through the appli- 
cation of the block test to their progeny with as much care and thoroughness as 
dairy cattle breeders now test their breeding stock through the medium of the 
Babcock test. 

The commercial side of the dairy industry has received thorough investigation 
through the creameries at every experiment station in the United States. The com- 
mercial side of meat production as it affects the producer, has been wholly neglected. 
The establishment of experimental slaughtering plants at the various experiment stations, 
to test the influence of feeding and breeding on meat production, would do more 
to advance the meat producing industry than anything else that could be done at 
the present time. The man who is producing market stock can be more effectively 
and quickly convinced of the value of a well-bred sire by actual killing tests showing 
the superiority of the progeny of such a sire than in any other way. Such definite, 
positive data on the value of good blood, issued in detailed form by a state ex- 
periment station, will hasten the passing of the scrub, and increase the demand for 
good animals many fold. Every breed association registering meat-producing animals 
should urge the establishment of such work and no breed can more fittingly lead 
in such movement than the breed that has won chief honors in the International 
carcass contests. 




AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF KANSAS. 
1908 Fat Steer Herd Exhibited by Kansas Agricultural College. 



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AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF IOWA. 
Grand Champion Fat Steer Over All Breeds in 1908 at Inter-state Fair, Sioux City, Iowa, and Inter-st£ 
Live Stock Show, South St. Joseph, Missouri. Fed and Exhibited by W. J. Miller. 



40 



South St. Joseph Inter-State Live Stock Show Awards 

(This show was instituted in 1906.) 

Grades and Cross-Breds 

Competition Limited to Steers and Heifers 

1906 



Not given 2 y'rs and under 3 



Not given 



Not given 



1 year and under 2 



under 1 year 



2 3 1 

12 3 

2 3 1 



Grand champion steer of the show Aberdeen- Angus. 







1907 






















Not given 

i 


2 y'rs and under 3 








1 








2 


3 








Not given 


1 
1 year and under 2 










2 




1 




3 








Not given 


under 1 year 


1 










3 




2 











Grand champion steer of the show Shorthorn. 







1908 






























Total Entries 

1 - 


CLASS 


Aberc 
Angi 
ratir 

1st 2d 


een 
is 


Shorthorn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Galloway 
rating 


3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


Not given 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 










3 




2 










Not given 


1 year and under 2 


1 








2 








3 








Not given 


under 1 year 






o 
o 


1 














2 




Grand champion 


steer of the show Aberdeen-Angus 




Fat Carload Lot Division, 1 908 




(Only Year of Inter-Breed Competition.) 


Total Entries 


CLASS 
3 y'rs and over 


Aberdeen 
Angus 
rating 


Short- 
horn 
rating 


Hereford 
rating 


Gal lo way- 
rating 


Mixed 
rating 




1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


1st 2d 3d 


Not given 


1 




o 




2 
















*1 






Not given 


2 y'rs and under 3 


1 














2 


3 














Not given 


1 year and under 2 








1 

i 








2 

















'Mixed Hereford-Shorthorn 



Grand champion fat carload of the show Aberdeen -Angus. 



41 



Iowa State Fairs 1895-1905 



Grand Champion Beef Herd Awards 



BREED 

1595 Aberdeen-Angus 

1596 Aberdeen-Angus 

1597 Hereford 

1598 No Fair Held 

1899 Shorthorn 

1900 Shorthorn 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus 

1902 Shorthorn 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus 

1905 Hereford 



NAME OF EXHIBITOR. 
W. A. McHenry, Denison, Iowa. 
Wallace Estill, Estill, Mo. 
Jas. A. Funkhouser, Plattsburg, Mo. 

T. J. Wornall, Mosby, Mo. 

T. J. Wornall, Mosby, Mo. 

W. A. McHenry, Denison, Iowa. 

G. M. Casey, Clinton, Mo. 

C. H. Gardner, Blandinsville, 111. 

C. J. Martin, Churdan, Iowa. 

Cargill & McMillan, LaC'rosse, Wis. 



Inter-State Fair, Sioux City, Iowa 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Steer Herd, 1905-1908 

(Awards, if any, of 1903 and 1904 could not be obtained.) 



GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER. 
BREED 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Shorthorn 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 



GRAND CHAMPION STEER HERD. 
BREED 

Aberdeen -Angus 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Shorthorn 
Aberdeen -Angus 



Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Fat Carload Lot, 1 906- 1 909 



GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER. 
BREED 

1906 Shorthorn 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Hereford 

1909 Aberdeen-Angus 



GRAND CHAMPION CARLOAD LOT. 
BREED 
Shorthorn 
Shorthorn 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Hereford 



1909 Grand champion steer herd — Aberdeen-Angus. 



Fort Worth National Show, Fort Worth, Texas 

Grand Champion Awards on Single Steer and Fat Carload Lot, 1905-1909 

(No Aberdeen-Angus Shown Prior to 1905) 



GRAND CHAMPION SINGLE STEER. 
BREED 

1905 Hereford 

1906 Hereford 

1907 Shorthorn 

1908 Hereford 

1909 Shorthorn 



GRAND CHAMPION CARLOAD LOT. 
BREED 

Shorthorn 
Aberdeen- Angus 
Aberdeen- Angus 
Hereford 
Aberdeen- Angus 



At the Greatest Canadian Fat Stock Show held at Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 
an Aberdeen- Angus Steer won Grand Championship over all Breeds in 1 908 



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Photo by courtesy of Clay, Robinson & Co. 
AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OP COLORADO. 
Jrand Champion Fat Steer Over All Breeds at 1909 Western Stock Show, Denver, Colorado. Sold at 20c 
Per Pound by Clay, Robinson & Co. Fed and Exhibited by H. W. Moore. 



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AN ABERDEEN-ANGUS PRODUCT OF NEBRASKA. 
International Exposition College Champion Fat Steer of 1906. Exhibited by University of Nebraska. 



44 



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45 



Recapitulation of American Shows 

In reviewing the American Fat Stock Shows it is scarcely necessary to furnish 
more than the results or a general survey of the International Exposition, because 
the results of this great Show held at Chicago every year presents in every sense 
of the word a true index of the actual conditions as they exist. In order to 
eliminate even the slightest doubt from the minds of all cattlemen, however, the 
essence of the results of the various other leading Shows of America have been 
given as an illustration, comparison and proof. 

A careful study of the results of American Shows for the past ten years should 
convince every cattleman that the Aberdeen- Angus breed is justly entitled to the 
honor of being termed the Premier Beef Breed. 

With the axioms set forth in foregoing pages and the unbiased opinions of such 
authorities as Henry Du Plan and Prof. Wayne Dinsmore, the editor feels that 
it would be useless to burden these pages with more elaboration, because the field 
has been covered thoroughly, the merits of all the rival beef breeds justly considered, 
and the supremacy of the Aberdeen-Angus accurately and sufficiently established. 

With the above facts fresh in mind, it does not behoove any Aberdeen-Angus 
advocate to become egotistical and retire from the activity that has placed the 
breed in its present position of prestige because there are many things yet to be 
accomplished by the famous "Doddie." 

Although the life of the Aberdeen-Angus breed in America is comparatively 
short when measured with the Shorthorn and Hereford breeds, and although 
the Aberdeen-Angus have made more rapid strides and established an unprece- 
dented record which has scarcely been approached by its rivals, the breed has by 
no means conquered and inhabited all the cattle areas of America. It is true the 
Aberdeen-Angus breed has triumphed in centers where its operations were scarcely 
noticeable in surrounding country. However, the fact still remains that in point 
of number the Shorthorn and Hereford breeds are greatly in the lead and the 
dissemination throughout the different sections of the country is more uniform. The 
Aberdeen-Angus breed has obtained a firm hold in the central corn-belt states, 
which can be correctly termed the hub of the cattle industry of America, thus every 
Aberdeen-Angus enthusiast should now encourage the advancement of the breed 
in new fields by actual performance. There will be without doubt sacrifices to 
be made in introducing the breed into new districts, especially in those districts 
where its strongest rivals have maintained unmolested sway for many years. The 
breeders and advocates of Aberdeen-Angus have very wisely put forth all their 
efforts during the past decade to establish an invincible stronghold in the corn-belt, 
and since this accomplishment has succeeded admirably, the time for expansion is 
now at hand. 

Aberdeen-Angus interests should be given attention in every part of the country, 
especially in the West, North and South, and stimulated in such manner that actual 
results will become more evident on the ranges and Pacific Coast country of the 
United States and the vast cattle empires of Canada and South America. 



46 



Results of British Fat Stock Shows 



Held at 

London, England 
Birmingham, England 
Edinburgh, Scotland 
Aberdeen, Scotland 
Dublin, Ireland 




48 



Introduction 



A section of this pamphlet has been devoted to the principal Fat Stock Shows 
of the British Isles for the purpose of presenting the results of the past decade in 
simple, concise and accurate form, and incidentally to show the material growth 
and advances the Aberdeen-Angus breed has made in its native land. 

Every American cattleman that has handled beef cattle fully realizes how much 
the Britons have contributed to Americans and other peoples by their practical 
and scientific work in the production of animals that have made the cattle industry 
of this country the greatest in the world, and one of the chief sources of America's 
agricultural wealth. 

A study of the history of the breeds in the British Isles reveals the fact that 
the Shorthorn interests were stimulated at an early date and swept over, even 
the habitat of the Aberdeen-Angus. The Watsons and McCombie, the stanch 
pioneer promoters of the Aberdeen-Angus breed, gave it such an impetus about 
the middle and latter part of the past century, that the tide of progress of the 
Aberdeen-Angus breed has swept far beyond the borders of the British Isles. We 
must confine these brief remarks, however, to Scotland, England and Ireland. A 
half or even a quarter of a century ago, Aberdeen-Angus interests were chiefly 
confined to Northeast Scotland. Since the merits of the breed have become universally 
known it has forged its way into the South of England, leaving, as it were, a path 
of permanent black beasts the entire length and breadth of the United Kingdom. 
There has also been a steady migration of Aberdeen- Angus to Ireland. This 
keen demand has been especially noticeable during the past decade. 

The Shorthorns have been the strongest rivals the Aberdeen-Angus have 
had to contend with in every part of the British Isles, but after a perusal of the 
following tables it must be admitted the Aberdeen-Angus have outstripped the 
Shorthorns. 

The Hereford is a conspicuous rival of the Aberdeen-Angus in America, 
but does not furnish much competition or win many prizes when pitted against the 
Aberdeen-Angus and its crosses in the British Isles. That there is a reason for 
this no one can deny. From the Breeder's Gazette of May 5, 1909, we quote 
in part an article entitled "British Markets and American Meat," written by A. 
T. Matthews, England, whose opinion can be regarded as unbiased. "In England 
the Aberdeen-Angus bred and fed in Scotland is regarded as the perfection of 
beef, then comes the Devon, but Shorthorns are good enough if really well bred. 

The term Shorthorn, however, is very loosely used, and is often applied indis- 
criminately to pedigree cattle and mongrels of Shorthorn character. When, there- 
fore, I say that Shorthorns are good enough for the English market for beef I am 
referring to such as are virtually pure-bred." 

In connection with British Shows we also give the reviews of 1908 as they 
were published by the Class ow Herald and Farmers' Annual, which, we believe, 
studied in connection with tables, forms a recapitulation of points that should suffice 
to enlighten every cattleman of the progress the beef breeds have made in Great 
Britain and Ireland. 



49 



The Aberdeen -Angus Element 
in Beef Production 

Extract from "Farmers' Annual," by James R. Barclay, Secretary of Aberdeen- 
Angus Cattle Society of Scotland and Associate Editor of "Banffshire Journal" 

Great as have been the changes within comparatively recent years in almost every 
department or agriculture, the sheet-anchor of this our oldest and greatest industry 
is still the production of the wherewithal to supply the meat markets of the country. 
Great booms in particular lines of breeding may come and go, but behind it all 
there lies that vast branch of agriculture which is represented by the meat markets 
of the country. Every cattle-raising country in the world counts upon Britain as a 
nation of beef eaters, and on all hands there is an evident scramble towards se- 
curing a still greater share of this the most valuable meat market of the world. 
It is not, however, on the relative positions of the various countries as meat suppliers 
that I have been invited to write, or upon the unequal conditions and open injustices 
under which the home producer has to carry on his work, but upon what is per- 
haps the antidote to these — for it is recognized that to keep his position of supremacy 
the British farmer must be able to produce the best. We hear many complaints 
as to the quality of much of the stuff that is rushed from abroad on to our meat 
markets, and while this is undoubtedly true there is another and equally true side to 
the question, namely that the foreigner is well aware of the fact that upon no market 
of the world can he place the best he has to offer with better monetary results than upon 
the beef markets of our teeming island. The British feeder of stock must always 
keep this important fact in view if he is to succeed in making his industry profitable, 
and this he can only do by the production of the best. As that versatile and forceful 
agriculturist, Mr. W. S. Ferguson, Kinochtry and Pictstonhill, once remarked in 
the course of a very pointed and practical address which he delivered to a com- 
pany of agricultural students, "There is always room at the top," and in these 
days of keen competition it is only at the top that room can be found. 

Now, it may with some reason be said that all this is somewhat outside the 
subject I have been asked to write upon, and yet from the point of view from 
which I wish to treat this subject it may not be so far out after all, for I am to 
maintain that producing the best for our meat markets, and using Aberdeen-Angus 
blood in that production, are synonymous terms ; and that without the use of Aberdeen- 
Angus blood, whether through the sire or through the dam, the best will not be at- 
tained. And this opens up two branches of the subject which it will be necessary 
to enter into with some detail. The first is whether Aberdeen-Angus cattle, or 
cattle showing the characteristics of that breed, really command the top figures when 
they reach the meat market, and the second is how cattle of that type can be pro- 
duced in view of the acknowledged fact that it will scarcely pay to feed pedigreed 
cattle of the breed for the butcher. 

First, then, something as to market values. The supremacy of cattle either of 
pure Aberdeen-Angus breeding or with an infusion of Aberdeen-Angus blood over 
all other races of cattle in the fat cattle markets is so generally recognized that it 
appears somewhat like a work of supererogation to advance evidence in support of 
the reality of this fact. But even though the fact be acknowledged, the argument 
may be none the worse of a few statistics to back it up. There is nothing like 
going to the fountainhead at once, and referring to the comprehensive and very 
useful table of prices which is regularly issued by the Board of Agriculture and 
Fisheries giving the market prices at the leading centres of Scotland and England. 

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As, I understand, this table appears at length in the Farmers' Annual its details 
need not be repeated, but a glance at it will prove conclusively that the sort of 
cattle which fetch the highest prices is the sort in which Aberdeen-Angus blood 
predominates. There is selected at random a week in October, 1907. This week 
is selected simply because it happens to be the latest available at the time of writing 
these notes. The figures at some of the centres — centres around which the Aberdeen- 
Angus breed are largely cultivated — may be given as they appear in the Board ol 
Agriculture's report: 

(American currency figured on a basis of $4.86 to one pound sterling.) 

Polled Scots. 
1st 2d 3d 

Aberdeen . 40/ -$ 9.72 36/ -$8.75 30/ -$7.29 

Inverness 43/3- 1 0.5 1 36/4- 8.83 29/6- 7. 1 7 

Elgin 39/7- 9.62 38/ - 9.23 34/6- 8.38 

Dundee 42/ - 10.21 35/ - 8.50 

Perth 40/6- 9.84 36/9- 8.93 

Shorthorns. 
1st 2d 3d 

Aberdeen 38/6-$9.36 35/ -$8.50 29/6-$ 7. 1 7 

Inverness 39/6- 9.60 36/ - 8.75 

Elgin 37/9- 9 J 7 35/6- 8.63 32/ - 7.78 

Dundee 39/6- 9.60 35/ - 8.50 28/ - 6.80 

Perth 39/5- 9.58 35/6- 8.63 27/ - 6.56 

It can readily be calculated, even from these figures, showing as they do an 
average of l/6-($0.36) per cwt. in favor of cattle of Aberdeen-Angus breeding, 
how much greater the overturn would be in a year's transactions where Aberdeen- 
Angus blood was the leading factor. In quoting this comparative statement there 
is no wish to belittle the great part that has been played by the Shorthorn 
breed in raising the standard of cattle in the country. So far is this from being 
the case that it is believed no better commercial animal could be produced than 
by crossing the two breeds referred to, but it is equally maintained that the butcher 
is prepared to pay a higher figure — all other conditions being equal- -for the cross 
showing the Aberdeen- Angus characteristics than for the cross in which Shorthorn 
breeding is the more largely represented. From the reports for the same week such 
extracts as these furnish additional proof of the superiority of the Aberdeen-Angus 
blood in the production of the best quality of meat: "Aberdeen — Black polled 
cattle made up to 43/2-($l 0.49) per live cwt." "Dundee — Ten black polled Scots 
weighing 109J/2 cwts. averaged 42/-($1 0.21 ), the best making 44/-($ 10.69) 
per live cwt." "Perth — Aberdeen-Angus making up to 42/-($ 10.21) and crosses 
41/-($9.96) per live cwt." "Inverness store (feeder) cattle — One lot of polled 
bullocks made up to 35/6- ($8.63) per live cwt." "Perth store steers (feeders) — 
Aberdeen-Angus two-year-olds, made up to £20 1 5/-($1 00.84) ; cresses to £18- 
($87.48)." ' 

These are a few figures taken at random. They could be multiplied beyond 
measure, but it is thought that they are of themselves so conclusive that it is un- 
necessary to make further quotations from this, the most authoritative source that 
could be appealed to. A close study of the London cattle market will also afford 
convincing proof of the popularity of the Aberdeen-Angus bullock, for he is always 
sold first and sold dearest, and in the official quotations of the market prices he 

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very often causes the reporter to strike an extra high tcp price. One very pertinent 
proof of the point that is being urged comes to memory. At a Smithneld Show some 
years ago one of cur leading north-country feeders exhibited two heifers of almost 
identically the same weight. The one was an Aberdeen-Angus and the other a 
Shorthorn. Both were commended in their respective classes, which may be taken 
as indicating that they were pretty nearly equal as regards quality. Both of 
the heifers were sold to the same butcher in London, but for the Aberdeen- Angus 
heifer the exhibitor received the sum of £l0-($48.60) more than he did for the 
Shorthorn heifer. 

Those who have a lengthy experience of the Irish cattle trade are able to inform 
us that the improvement on the store (feeder) cattle of Ireland within recent years 
is very marked. Now that we draw so much of our store (feeder) cattle from 
the Emerald Isle, it behooves the breeder there to see that the Aberdeen-Angus blood 
is as largely represented as possible. If Ireland could send to Great Britain a supply 
of right good black polled stots (steers), instead of the leggy, raw, horned stores 
(feeders) that are too often seen at our marts, the store (feeder) cattle trade would 
become even more valuable to Ireland. It is evident that this is being borne in more 
and more upon the Irish breeders, for within recent times there have been signs of re- 
newed activity in Aberdeen-Angus circles in that country. A large breeder and feeder 
in Ireland has put it on record that in the Irish fairs the first cattle that are sold 
are the Aberdeen-Angus crosses, and these go at £1 to 30/- ($4.86 to $7.29) more 
per head when a year old than any other variety. There, too, the Aberdeen- 
Angus cross, whether made with the Shorthorn, the Hereford, or the native Kerry 
and Dexter cattle, are amongst the most useful stores (feeders) for the feeder. 

An argument that is sometimes heard against the Aberdeen-Angus is that there 
is a want of size. And it has to be confessed that an Aberdeen-Angus bull may not 
fill the eye like what a Shorthorn bull may do, with his wider hooks and squarer 
frame. But appearances are deceptive, and there is nothing more deceptive to the 
uninitiated eye than the amount of marketable flesh that there is on the low-set. 
rounded, lengthy body of the blackskin. His well padded back, his full rump and 
loin, and his lengthy, well developed quarter all appeal to the butcher, who knows, 
too, by experience how little waste there is about the cattle of this breed, and how 
large a percentage of the best class of beef they will produce. He knows that 
they will, in shop parlance, "cut like cheese," and they will give a grand return 
at the block. And here it may be pardonable to recall that the Aberdeen- A^^us 
breed holds the record of the London Smithneld Shows so far as returns are con- 
cerned, the record standing at the remarkable figure of 76% per cent of dead to 
live weight. 

There may next be considered some points in connection with the production of 
this class of cattle, which have been seen to come out always at the top. It will, 
of course, be conceded that for quality of finish a pure-bred animal has the advantage, 
for even in the production of a beef carcass blood will tell. This is shown by the 
large percentage of times upon which pure-bred cattle have won the championships 
at our Fat Stock Shows, as compared with cross cattle. But it is no very profitable 
pursuit feeding pedigree for the butcher, and happily the pedigree breeder is not 
very often reduced to such a strait — though at times it does happen in the case of 
all breeds — as to have to sell his pure-bred stock at butcher prices. The ideal 
butcher's beast is, however, the cross-bred with a good dash of Aberdeen-Angus 
blood in it. That the Aberdeen-Angus sire is very largely used in the production 
of the best class of cross-breds is abundantly clear from the entries at our leading 
Fat Stock Shows. Take the year 1 900. At the Smithneld Show that year there 

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were 47 entries of crosses, and of these 43 had an infusion of Aberdeen-Angus 
blood, mostly through the sire, although the prepotency of the Aberdeen-Angus cow to 
impart her characteristics is also very marked. In 1901 almost the same conditions 
prevailed. There were again 47 entries in the cross section, and all but four had 
Aberdeen- Angus blood in them. And these too were always at the top of the 
prize list. Thus at the Show in 1 904, when there were 45 crosses, of which 
36 were either half or partly Aberdeen-Angus, the crosses of that blood won the 
championship and reserve championship, and twelve out of fourteen prizes. Or 
take Birmingham Show. There in 1 905 there were 40 entries of cross-bred 
cattle, and of these 27 were Aberdeen- Angus crosses. In the two steer classes 
three prizes were offered in each, and these were all won by animals having either a sire 
or a dam of the Aberdeen- Angus breed. In the two-year-old heifer class, of the 
two money prizes one went to an Aberdeen- Angus cross and the other to a Galloway 
cross, while in the yearling heifer class both the money prizes went to Aberdeen- 
Angus crosses. In other words, of the ten money prizes in the four crosses, nine were 
gained by Aberdeen-Angus crosses. 

An objection recently came under the notice of the writer that the Aberdeen- 
Angus made a successful cross only with some breeds. This is altogether an 
erroneous assumption, as there is abundant evidence to prove, and at the risk of 
going beyond the limits of space afforded me it will be necessary to go into this 
point with some detail. At the Smithfield Show in 1907 there were 31 entries in 
the cross-bred section. Of these 20 were crosses combining Aberdeen-Angus 
and Shorthorn blood, six combined Aberdeen-Angus and Devon blood, three rep- 
resented Shorthorn and Galloway lines of breeding, one was a Shorthorn-Hereford 
cross, and another a Sussex-Shorthorn cross. Thus in 26 of the 31 entries Aberdeen- 
Angus blood was represented, though only two other breeds appeared to have been 
used in conjunction with it. But it was a rather singular fact that Aberdeen- 
Angus breeding was alone represented in the whole of the twelve prize-winning 
animals. In the yearling steer class an ox by a Shorthorn sire and out of an 
Aberdeen-Angus dam was first, and had also the cross cup, while the second 
prize-winner was by an Aberdeen-Angus sire and out of a Shorthorn dam, and 
the third prize-winner by a Shorthorn bull and out of an Aberdeen-Angus cow. 
Then in the two-year-old steer class the winner, which was also reserve to the best 
cross, was by an Aberdeen-Angus sire and out of a Shorthorn dam, the second 
being also by an Aberdeen-Angus sire, but out of a Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus 
cross cow, and the third prize-winner was by a Devon bull and out of an Aberdeen- 
Angus dam. The first and second prize yearling heifers were by Aberdeen-Angus 
sires and from Shorthorn dams, while the third was by a Devon sire and out of 
an Aberdeen-Angus cow. The three winners in the two-year-old heifer class were 
by Shorthorn bulls and out of Aberdeen-Angus dams. From these figures there 
will be gathered the favor entertained for the Aberdeen-Angus breed in crossing 
purposes, and the eminent success of the same. In other departments of the Show 
Aberdeen-Angus blood was also in evidence. It was largely represented in the 
section for carcass competition (where a yearling Aberdeen-Angus steer was cham- 
pion) — one animal, indeed, here being a combination of Galloway and Aberdeen- 
Angus blood, while frequenters of the Show know, from inspections of the section 
for Small cross-bred cattle, what pretty little creatures are produced by crossing the 
Dexter with the Aberdeen-Angus. It is a rather striking fact that during the past 
fifteen years Aberdeen-Angus cattle or crosses of that breed have won upon every 
occasion at Smithfield either the championship or the reserve championship. 

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From other sources there may be drawn proofs of the success of the cross into 
which Aberdeen-Angus blood enters. An extensive feeder in England records thai 
he used bulls of the breed on a lot of well-bred cows and heifers, and so impressive 
were the sires that the calves from these young cows, roans, and whites, as they 
were, were nearly all black and polled. The whole of them were full of flesh and 
made splendid animals for the butcher. But indeed all who have handled the breed 
know how prepotent it is in imparting to its offspring its distinctive characteristics, 
whether bred from the male or the female side. The champion cross at Smithfield 
in 1907, to which reference has just been made, was polled, taking after the dam 
despite the horned sire. Proprietors of large dairies are going more and more in 
for the use of Aberdeen-Angus bulls, just as there is more and more being brought 
out the superiority of the store (feeder) cattle thus produced. The owner of a 
large herd of Ayrshire cows testifies to the fact that among upwards of a thousand 
calves from Aberdeen-Angus bulls he has not seen a single brown or brown and 
white, or one exhibiting the characteristic markings of a dam, but that, as a rule, the 
whole of the calves were black without markings of any kind, but probably one- 
tenth or so had a little white on the flanks or on the forehead. And what was still 
more to the point, the value of the calves rose by no less than £2- ($9. 72) per 
head, as compared with the Ayrshire calves previously bred. 

One of the most potent factors in the spread of Aberdeen-Angus cattle has been 
the success of the mating results with other breeds. In the United States of America, 
where, in the early days of the breed, it was received with a considerable amount of 
prejudice, headway was made largely on account of the success with which the breed 
could be crossed, though in regard to pure herds the breed sprang into popularity in 
America with a rapidity which is unexcelled in the case of any other breed of cattle. 
The prolificacy of the breed and its power to reproduce its own characteristics even 
when mated with different breeds, were very forcibly brought out when the breed was 
introduced to the large ranges of the States. Very soon the "high grade" Aberdeen- 
Angus steer was in the ascendancy in the meat markets of America, gaining for the 
breed and its grades or crosses the proud title of "the Prime Scots of America." Of 
the many further examples of the "overcoming" vitalities of the Aberdeen-Angus breed 
which might be cited, space will allow of reference only to one or two. When in the 
early Seventies the first bulls of the breed were introduced into Kansas, they were 
used on the long-horned cows of Northern Texas. It was then found that a very 
large percentage of the calves came black and hornless, and the half-bred steers did 
much to impress upon all who saw them the virtues of the new race of cattle as stock- 
getters. It was found by experiment that the Aberdeen-Angus crosses weighed about 
1 20 pounds live weight at the same age more than crosses of other varieties. An Ameri- 
can writer mentions having used an Aberdeen-Angus bull on fifty horned cows, and 
he found that 95 per cent of the calves were black and hornless, while in general 
formation the characteristics of the sire were reproduced. One other case may be cited. 
A firm of Mexican ranchmen who owned large herds of high grade Herefords and 
Shorthorns found that their steers had a great tendency to develop bone. As a 
result of inquiries as to the best corrective of this tendency Aberdeen-Angus cattle 
were introduced to impart the qualities of low-standing, thickness of flesh, fineness of 
bone and early maturity, and the experiment was found to be an unqualified success. 

In these days the question of early maturity is one of the greatest importance, 
and quite a plethora of evidence might be quoted to show how the Aberdeen-Angus 
breed possesses this valuable quality. To avoid detail, however, and as furnishing 
the most conclusive proof, it will be sufficient simply to point once again to the 
breed's Fat Stock Show record, and to recall that on the first occasion upon which 

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the championship of the Smithfielcl Show was taken by a two-year-old, the suc- 
cessful animal was an Aberdeen- Angus, as was, indeed, also the reserve champion- 
ship. Further, of all the leading Fat Stock Shows of the country the Aberdeen- 
Angus breed is the only one that has produced a champion at one year old. 



Aberdeen- Angus in 1 908 

VERDICTS OF CHRISTMAS SHOWS 
By Agricultural Editor, "Glasgow Herald " 

"It has been a fearfully black year." That was the humorously expressed 
comment of a Scottish breeder who reviewed the triumphs of the Aberdeen-Angus 
and their crosses at the great fat stock shows of 1 908. Before touching the 
"black but comely" successes of late November and early December, a few 
lines may be devoted to some past victories of the breed. Since 1 869, when 
the champion plate for best beast in the show was first awarded at Smithfield, 
1 2 pure Aberdeen-Angus animals and two of the .Shorthorn and Aberdeen- 
Angus cross have won. The breed has in addition supplied the female champion 
of the show 1 7 times in 37 years. In 1 3 years, during which the late Queen 
Victoria's and His Majesty the King's challenge cups have been granted at Smithfield 
for best beast bred by exhibitor, the win has gone eight times to an Aberdeen- 
Angus, once to a Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus cross, and once to an Aberdeen- 
Angus-Shorthorn cross. The Smithfield cross-bred classes are always overwhelmingly 
in favor of Aberdeen- Angus blood. Of 23 animals noticed by the judges in the 
large cross-bred classes at the 1 908 show only four had no Aberdeen-Angus blood, 
and none of the four got higher than fourth. 

At the Smithfield carcass competition of 1907 the Aberdeen- Angus took first 
and championship, the breed having further two seconds, while a first and two 
fourths passed to Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn crosses and a third to a Galloway- 
Aberdeen-Angus cross. In one class a Sussex and Shorthorn cross was placed 
first and sold under the hammer at 5s 2d per stone of 8 lbs. An Aberdeen- Angus 
placed second fetched 6s per stone. 

In 1908 the Smithfield carcass results were: — Steers not exceeding two years — 
1 (and champion), an Aberdeen- Angus-Dexter cross; 2, an Aberdeen- Angus-Short- 
horn cross; 3, a steer with two crosses of Aberdeen- Angus to one of Shorthorn; 
4, an Aberdeen- Angus. Steers not exceeding three years — 1 (and reserve champion), 
a Galloway and Ayrshire cross; 2, a Welsh; 3 and 4, Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 
and Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn crosses. Heifers not exceeding three years — 1 , 
an Aberdeen- Angus-Highland cross; 2 and 3, Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn crosses; 
4, Galloway-Aberdeen-Angus cross. At the sale the champion went at 7s per stone, 
the top price of the day, while the first prize heifer brought 6s 1 Od and the reserve 
champion (the Galloway- Ayrshire cross) 6s 4d. 

The London Butchers' Company first granted a challenge cup in 1 904 for the 
best carcass of beef at the December competitions. The wins have gone as follows: 
— Once to an Aberdeen-Angus, twice to Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn crosses, once 
to a cross the reverse order, and once (in 1908) to an Aberdeen- Angus-Dexter cross. 

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A word must suffice for the principal fat stock shows of the United Kingdom — 
other than Smithfield — in 1 908. Inverness had an Aberdeen-Angus as reserve cham- 
pion, Aberdeen had an Aberdeen-Angus as champion and reserve champion, Edinburgh 
had a Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus as champion and an Aberdeen-Angus as reserve, 
Birmingham had an Aberdeen- Angus as champion (this being later on the Smithfield 
winner), and Dublin had an Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn champion. At the fat 
stock markets of the United Kingdom high grades of the Aberdeen-Angus continue to 
head the prices. A magnificent lot of over 300 Aberdeen-Angus high-grade steers at 
the recent Smithfield Monday Market were first sold and struck an average of 5s 4d 
per stone of 8 lb. sinking offal, the top quotation for them being 5s 6d. 



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Champion Awards 

Steer or Heifer 

("Champion — Shorthorn-Polled- Shorthorn 

L Reserve Champion — Aberdeen -Angus- Shorthorn 

1 q a(\ /Champion — Shorthorn-Polled- Shorthorn 

\ Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn-Aberdeen- Angus 

-i qq-i fChampion — Polled- Shorthorn-Polled 

[.Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-Shorthorn -Aberdeen -Angus 

1 Q05M Champion — Shorthorn -Shorthorn -Aberdeen -Angus 

\ Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn-Aberdeen- Angus 

1 qao fChampion — Aberdeen -Angus- Shorthorn 

j_ Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn 

i qc\a fChampion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen -Angus 

\ Reserve Champion — Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn 

f Champion — Shorthorn -Aberdeen -Angus 
y \ Reserve Champion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen -Angus- Shorthorn 

1 qnp fChampion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Angus 

"^Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus Aberdeen-Angus Dexter 

i 907 fChampion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen -Angus 

\ Reserve Champion — Aberdeen- Angus-Shorthorn 

-. qao ("Champion — Shorthorn- Aberdeen -Angus 

\ Reserve Champion — Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn 

Smithfield Grand Champion Awards 

Grand Champion Steer or Heifer Reserve Grand Champion Steer or Heifer. 

BREED BREED 

1899 Hereford Cross-bred Shorthorn-Polled- Shorthorn 

1900 Hereford Cross-bred Shorthorn-Polled- Shorthorn 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred Polled-Shorthorn-Polled 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus Cross-bred Shorthorn-Shorthorn-Aberdeen- 

Angus 

1903 Cross-bred Shorthorn- Aberdeen- Aberdeen-Angus 

Angus 

1904 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 

1905 Aberdeen- Angus Shorthorn 

1906 Shorthorn Aberdeen- Angus 

1907 Shorthorn Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Aberdeen- Angus Cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn 



62 



Summary of Smithfield Show Awards 

The Smithfield Fat Stock Show in the sphere of Fat Stock Shows can be 
justly called the Supreme Court, and its decisions without question represent a true 
index of the best that has been produced and exhibited on the British Isles. Among 
the stockmen of the British Isles the Smithfield Show of London holds the same 
position of prestige as the International Exposition of Chicago holds among the stockmen 
of the United States and Canada. Further comparison would not be in order at this 
point, however, suffice it to say the Smithfield Show has been in existence for over 
one hundred years and without question has the most complete detailed classification 
worked out for finished fat stock, considering the field it has to perform its operations, 
and presents the results in the most concise and methodical manner, of any Show. 

A review of the past ten Shows as given in above table reveals the bare, terse 
facts and shows that one hundred and ninety-five prizes were awarded, constituting 
three hundred and sixty-eight different combinations of blood of the different breeds, 
which were won as follows: Aberdeen- Angus one hundred and fifty-eight, Short- 
horns one hundred and seventy-seven, Galloways fourteen, Devon ten, Herefords 
three, Highland three, Dexter two, Ayrshire one. 

In competition for Grand Champion honors, out of ten possible places, pure-bred 
Angus won four times and a cross-bred Shorthorn- Aberdeen-Angus once, pure-bred 
Shorthorn three times, pure-bred Hereford twice. Pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus also 
won four Reserve Grand Championships and five of the other Reserve winners possessed 
Aberdeen-Angus or Polled blood, while a pure-bred Shorthorn won once and five 
of the other Reserve winners possessed Shorthorn blood. These results show that 
the Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns have furnished the bulk of the prize winners 
with Shorthorns a trifle in the lead in open Classes. To put the results in common 
phraseology, other breeds have simply not been in it as far as Smithfield results are 
concerned. It is in competition for the highest honors, Grand Championship, that 
the Aberdeen-Angus breed is distinguished and shows superiority over the Short- 
horn. The decisions of the Grand Championship honors show that when the pure- 
bred Shorthorns and their crosses, together with other breeds, were pitted against 
the Aberdeen-Angus and their crosses, the Aberdeen-Angus have overwhelmingly 
triumphed in gaining supremacy over the Shorthorns, as well as all other breeds in 
the production of high class beef. 



63 







Photo by courtesy of Breeders' Gazette. 
HER MAJESTY 5TH OF CULLEN-A PURE BRED ABERDEEN-ANGUS HEIFER. 
Grand Champion Over All Breeds at Birmingham and London. England, Fat Stock Shows in 1908. 
Exhibited by Countess Dowager of Seafield, Scotland. 



64 



SHORT LOIN OF A GRAND CHAMPION CARCASS. 




RIB ROAST OF A GRAND CHAMPION CARCASS. 

65 



Summary of Smithfield Carcass Contest Awards 

The table of results of the Carcass Contests of the past ten Smithfield Shows 
presents facts that are worthy consideration by every Cattleman, Packer, and Butcher. 

During the ten years thirteen different breeds took part in the contests, and one 
hundred and thirty-nine prizes were awarded which consisted of two hundred and 
fifteen combinations. The number of combinations were represented by the various 
breeds as follows: Aberdeen- Angus seventy-eight, Shorthorn fifty-five, Hereford 
seven, Galloway seventeen, Welsh twenty, Kerry nine, Dexter eight, Sussex seven, 
Red Polled five, Devon three, Highland two. , 

In competition for Championships for ten years, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus 
won four times, and five of the other Champions possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 
One Championship was won by a pure-bred Welsh, the only Championship out of a 
possible ten that was won by an animal that did not possess Aberdeen-Angus blood. 
Three of the Champion winners possessed Shorthorn blood; one possessed Dexter 
blood, and another Hereford blood, and in each of the five cases there was a 
cross of Aberdeen-Angus blood. 

Out of ten Reserve Championship prizes, a pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus won 
three times and three of the other prize winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 
Four of the crosses that were Reserves possessed Shorthorn blood; two of them 
Galloway blood; and the Hereford, Ayrshire and Sussex were each represented once 
in form of a cross, and a pure-bred Welsh won once. 

Considering the four leading beef breeds that are chiefly recognized in America 
and Great Britain from a percentage standpoint, the table shows 36.3 per cent for 
Aberdeen-Angus, 25.6 per cent for Shorthorns, 7.9 per cent for Galloways, 3.3 
per cent for Herefords. 

Prof. Wayne Dinsmore in his review of the International Exposition Carcass 
Contest states that Aberedeen-Angus lead as far as the International Contest is 
concerned, or in other words, he confines his remarks or arguments to the contests 
of America. It is only necessary, however, to glance at the above table to be 
convinced that Aberdeen-Angus have as good a record in Great Britain as in America, 
when compared with the results of the Shorthorns, Herefords and Galloways. 

From the above deductions and a further realization of the fact that Smithfield 
and London are to the British Isles and Europe what Packingtown and Chicago 
are to the United States and America in regard to advancement in beef production 
and the formation of standards of quality for beef, there is but one conclusion that 
can be arrived at by all those of sound judgment and that is that the bullocks of 
other beef breeds are not in it with the Aberdeen-Angus bullocks when they reach the 
butcher's block, the final test of all animals bred and raised for meat. 



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190G Cross-bred Shorthorn-Aberdeen-Angus-Shorthorn 

1907 Cross-bri! rthorn 

1908 Cross-bred Galloway-Ayrshlre-dalloway 



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70 



Summary of Birmingham Show Awards 

The location of the Birmingham Show and the strongholds of the Aberdeen- 
Angus, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle should be borne in mind when making an 
analysis of the foregoing table of awards. Birmingham is located in the heart of 
England, at the very threshhold of the Hereford breed and in a district where 
Shorthorns have been very popular for a long period of time, while the Aberdeen- 
Angus stronghold is located in the extreme northeast part of Scotland, thus the 
distance is comparatively great, and no doubt tends to reduce the number of Aberdeen- 
Angus entries. The chief reason, however, why the Scotch Aberdeen-Angus breeders 
are unable to attend the Birmingham Show in greater numbers is because the Scottish 
National Stock Show at Edinburgh, Scotland, is held the same week. 

In spite of these features that have militated against the Aberdeen-Angus, the fore- 
going table shows that out of one hundred and twenty awards constituting two 
hundred and thirty-one combinations of blood of different breeds, the Aberdeen-Angus 
won ninety-three, Shorthorns one hundred and twelve, Galloways twenty-one, Dexters 
four, Here fords only one. 

Out of ten possible Grand Championships (competition open to Pure-Breds and 
Cross-Breds) pure-bred Aberdeen- Angus have won four times, pure-bred Herefords 
three times, pure-bred Shorthorns twice, and a Dexter once. Out of ten possible 
Reserve Grand Championships pure-bred Aberdeen-Angus have won twice and five 
other winners possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood combined with either Shorthorn or 
Dexter, while the remaining three Reserves were respectively won by a pure-bred 
Hereford, Shorthorn and cross-bred Shorthorn-Galloway. It will also be noticed 
that in addition to one of the Reserve winners being a Shorthorn, three of the other 
winners possessed Shorthorn blood. 

In number of points for cross-breds the table shows that Shorthorn blood leads 
by nineteen. This, however, only represents the cross-bred division of the Show and 
can not be considered as the supreme verdict of a Show that offers a classification in 
form of Grand Championship for the competition of pure-breds and cross-breds to 
determine the best products. It is in the final sift for Grand Championship and Reserve 
Grand Championship honors that the Aberdeen-Angus completely vindicate their claim 
of superiority over their rivals. 



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GRAND CHAMPION 
STEER OR HEIFER 

BREED 

1897 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1898 Shorthorn-Aberdeen- 

Angus heifer 

1899 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn heifer 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus 

steer 

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Shorthorn steer 

1902 Shorthorn steer 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1904 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Cross heifer 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn heifer 

1908 Shorthorn-Aberdeen' 

Angus heifer 



CHAMPION STEER 

BREED 

1897 Shorthorn 

1898 Shorthorn 

1899 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus 

steer 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1902 Shorthorn 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1904 Highland steer 

1905 Shorthorn-Aberdeen' 

Angus steer 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1907 Aberdeen- Angus- 

Shorthorn steer 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 



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BREED 

1897 Aberdeen-Angus 

1898 Shorthorn-Aberdeen- 

Angus heifer 

1899 Aberdeen-Angus- 

Shorthorn heifer 

1900 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1901 Shorthorn heifer 

1902 Aberdeen-Angus 

1903 Shorthorn-Aberdeen- 

Angus heifer 

1904 Aberdeen- Angus- 

Cross heifer 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

heifer 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus- 

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1908 Shorthorn-Aberdeen- 

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Champion Aberdeen-Angus Bullock at 1908 Scottish National Fat Stock Show, Edinburgh, Scotland. 



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Summary of Edinburgh Fat Stock Show 

The National Fat Stock Show held at Edinburgh is the Supreme Court, as it 
were, of the Fat Stock Shows held in North Britain. The foregoing table shows that 
during a period of ten years one hundred and eighteen prizes were awarded, which 
consisted of two hundred and twenty-two combinations by breeds. Out of these com- 
binations Aberdeen-Angus won one hundred and seven, Shorthorns one hundred and 
six, Galloways five, Herefords two, Highlands two. From these facts it can be 
readily seen that in the open classes Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorns won about 
equal shares of the honors, with the Aberdeen-Angus a trifle in the lead. 

The list of Grand Championship honors shows that only the Aberdeen-Angus and 
Shorthorns by virtue of their winnings in open classes gained entry for Championship 
competition. It will be further noted, however, that it is in competition for Grand 
Championship honors that the Aberdeen-Angus breed distinguishes itself and presents 
to the public in the final test an illustration of the degree in which it excels even the 
Scotch Shorthorns. 



Aberdeen Fat Stock Show 

Aberdeen, Scotland 

(This Show was instituted in 1903, but results of 1903 and 1904 shows 

could not be obtained.) 

Grand Champion Awards, 1905-1908 



GRAND CHAMPION 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Aberdeen-Angus 

1908 Aberdeen-Angus 



RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION 

Not Reported 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Aberdeen- Angus 
Aberdeen -Angus 



Royal Dublin Society Show 

Dublin, Ireland 
Grand Champion Awards, 1896-1908 (Entire Life of Show) 

BREED 

1S96 Cross-bred black 

1897 Cross-bred black-whiteface, sire — Aberdeen -Angus 

1898 Shorthorn Aberdeen- Angus 

1899 Shorthorn -Aberdeen -Angus -blue -grey 

1900 Polled Bullock 

1901 Aberdeen-Angus 

1902 Cross-bred, sire — Aberdeen-Angus 

1903 Aberdeen-Angus 

1904 Cross-bred blue-grey 

1905 Aberdeen-Angus 

1906 Aberdeen-Angus 

1907 Cross-bred, Aberdeen-Angus and Shorthorn 

1908 Cross-bred, dam, a cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus by a Shorthorn 

Detailed information of the Aberdeen Show, Scotland, and the Dublin Show, Ire- 
land, could not be obtained. However, a sufficient number of the Grand Champion 
awards are given above to show that the Grand Champions of these two Shows have 
been Aberdeen-Angus or animals that possessed Aberdeen-Angus blood. 



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Expositions, Shows and Fairs of 1 909 



Introduction 

A careful perusal of the preceding pages, which set forth the great achieve- 
ments of the Aberdeen-Angus breed during the past decade in the show ring, should 
interest every prospective exhibitor for the season of 1909, at least enough to inquire 
into the inducements the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association and 
the managements of the National Expositions, Shows and State Fairs are offering 
in form of classifications and premiums. 

The following pages give the liberal classifications and premiums offered for 
Aberdeen-Angus breeding and fat cattle by all the leading Fairs, Shows and 
Expositions of 1909. The American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association has 
offered these premiums to encourage the advancement of the breed. These 
premiums are liberal, thus every Aberdeen-Angus breeder should put his shoulder 
to the wheel and push forward the merits of the breed to still greater fame. 

The Board of Directors in appropriating $1000.00 for the Alaska-Yukon- 
Pacific Exposition did so with the understanding that the management of the Alaska- 
Yukon-Pacific Exposition should raise the amount of premiums offered for Aberdeen- 
Angus to $2200.00, and that at least two good representative herds of the breed 
compete, such as competed at 1 908 International Exposition, Chicago. The man- 
agement of the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition have granted the request of our 
Board of Directors, and all that now remains to be done to creditably exploit the 
merits of Aberdeen-Angus on the Pacific Coast is for breeders to prepare to be 
there in full force. An Aberdeen-Angus criterion exhibit at Seattle will mean much 
for the future progress of the breed on the Pacific Coast. 



RULES GOVERNING PAYMENT OF SPECIAL PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE AMERICAN 
ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION. 

Exhibitors must get their show animals recorded before show season so thai 
the names and numbers can be furnished the secretary of each Fair, Show and 
Exposition. 

Failure to comply with this causes a great deal of trouble in making settlements 
for premiums won, because no premiums are due and payable until all require- 
ments of a show and the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association have been 
fulfilled. 

Should any exhibitor, through ignorance or otherwise, show an animal in the 
wrong class, the premium will be withheld by the American Aberdeen-Angus 
Breeders' Association and the award canceled and not printed in herd book. 



Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition 

Seattle, Washington, September 25 to October 9, 1909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle at the Alaska- 
Yukon-Pacific Exposition Management and the American Aberdeen- 
Angus Breeders Association 



ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

(Animals competing must be recorded in American Aberdeen- Angus Herd- Book.) 
Entries must be made with M. D. Wisdom, Supt., Seattle, Washington. 
Base date for computing ages will be September 1 and January 1. 

(The animals required to constitute Groups, such as Aged Herd, Young Herd, Get of One 
Sire, Produce of One Cow, Calf Herd, Etc., are given in full in classification for Alaska-Yukon- 
Pacific Exposition, and can be used as a basis for all other classifications of shows herein 

listed.) „ „ , „, . , _ , ,,_, 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 

Bull three years or over $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 HC C 

Bull two years and under three . . 50 40 30 20 10 HC C 

Senior yearling bull dropped between Sept. 1, 1907, and Jan. 1, 

1908 . . 40 30 20 15 10 HC C 

funior yearling bull dropped between Jan. I, 1908, and Sept. 1, 

1908 40 30 20 15 10 HC C 

Senior bull calf dropped between Sept. 1, 1908, and Jan. 1, 

1909 30 20 15 10 5 HC C 

Junior bull calf dropped between Jan. 1, 1909, and Sept. 1, 

1909 30 20 15 10 5 HC C 

Cow three years or over 50 40 30 20 10 HC C 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 50 40 30 20 10 HC C 

Senior yearling heifer dropped between Sept. 1, 1907, and Jan. 

1, 1908 40 30 20 15 10 HC C 

Junior yearling heifer dropped between Jan. 1, 1908, and Sept. 

1, 1908 40 30 20 15 10 HC C 

Senior heifer calf dropped between Sept. 1, 1908, and Jan. 1, 

1909 30 20 15 10 5 HC C 

Junior heifer calf dropped between Jan. 1, 1909, and Sept. 1, 

1909 30 20 15 10 5 HC C 

CHAMPION BULLS AND COWS. 

(Competition limited to First-Prize Animals.) 

Senior champion bull two years or over $75 

Reserve senior champion bull two years or over Banner 

Junior champion bull under two years 50 

Reserve junior champion bull under two years Bannei 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 75 

Reserve senior champion cow or heifer two years or over Banner 

Tumor champion heifer under two years 50 

Reserve junior champion heifer under two years Banner 

GRAND CHAMPIONS. 

(Competition limited to Champion Animals.) 

Bull any age Silver Cup 

Reserve bull any age Medal 

Cow or heifer any age Silver Cup 

Reserve cow or heifer any age Medal 

AGED HERD. 

Bull two years or over, cow three years or over, heifer two 
years and under three, heifer one year and under two, 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7»h 
heifer under one year $60 $50 $40 $25 $15 HC C 

YOUNG HERD. 
Bull under two years, two heifers one year and under two, 

two heifers under one year $45 $30 $20 $15 $10 HC C 

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CALF HERD. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 

Bull and four heifers under one year all bred by Exhibitor. . .$35 $25 $20 $15 $10 HC C 

BREEDERS— YOUNG HERD. 

(Females bred by exhibitor.) 
Bull under two years, two heifers one year and under two, two 

heifers under one year Silver Cup 

GET OF ONE SIRE. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers $30 $20 $15 $10 $ 5 HC C 

PRODUCE OF ONE COW. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 
Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers $25 $20 $15 $10 $ 5 HC C 

PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BREEDER. 

Best showing of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in individual classes as determined by the largest 

aggregate amount awarded to animals bred by any one Breeder represented Diploma 

PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP FOR EXHIBITOR. 

Best showing of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in individual classes as determined by the largest 

aggregate amount awarded to animals owned by one Exhibitor Diploma 

FAT CATTLE. 
(From recorded sires and dams.) 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $20 $15 $10 HC C 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 20 15 10 HC C 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 20 15 10 HC C 

CHAMPION. 

(Competition limited to first prize animals.) 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer any age $30 

Herd, three head, consisting of one steer or heifer two years and under three; one, one year 

and under two ; and one under one year 40 

GRAND CHAMPIONS— BY AGES. 

(Fat cattle, all breeds, pure bred.) 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, any breed, two years and under three Diploma and Banner 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, any breed, one year and under two Diploma and Banner 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, any breed, under one year Diploma and Banner 

PURE-BRED— CHAMPION. 

(Competition limited to first prize animals.) 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, any breed, any age Silver Cup, value $50 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. 

The term "grade" means an animal having a portion of pure blood, sired by a pure-bred bull, 
or from a pure-bred cow. 

A "cross-bred" is an animal whose sire and dam are pure blood, but of different breeds. 

Anv steer or heifer that is not o^ pure blood may compete in this class. 

Name and registry numbers of sires or dams and their breeding, so far as possible, should be 
furnished with entry. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years or over $20 $15 $10 HC C 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, one year and under two 20 15 10 HC C 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, under one year 20 15 10 HC C 

CHAMPION. 

(Competition limited to first prize animals.) 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, any age $25 

Herd, three head, consisting of one steer or heifer, two years and under three; one, one year 

and under two ; and one under one year 40 

GRAND CHAMPION OF THE SHOW. 

(Any age, breed, grade or cross-bred.) 

(Competition limited to first prize animals in above classes.) 

Steer spayed or martin heifer, any breed, any age Silver Cup, value $100 

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AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Bull three years or over $25 $15 $10 $10 $ 5 

Bull two years and under three 25 15 10 10 5 

Senior yearling bull 25 15 10 10 5 

Junior yearling bull 25 15 10 10 5 

Senior bull calf 25 15 10 10 5 

Junior bull calf 25 15 10 10 5 

Cow three years or over 25 15 10 10 5 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 25 15 10 10 5 

Senior yearling heifer 25 15 10 10 5 

Junior vearling heifer 25 15 10 10 5 

"Senior heifer calf 25 15 10 10 5 

Junior heifer calf 25 15 10 10 5 

Aged herd 40 15 10 10 5 

Young herd 30 15 10 10 5 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 25 15 10 10 5 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers 25 15 10 10 5 



International Live Stock Exposition 

Chicago, Illinois, November 27 to December 10, 1909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the International 
Exposition Management and the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association 



(The premiums offered for Aberdeen-Angus breeding cattle and those offered in classes in 

which all breeds can compete and the chief specials that Aberdeen-Angus and their grades can 
compete for are herewith appended.) 

(Animals competing must be recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book.) 
Base date for computing ages will be September 1 and January 1 . 
Entries must be made with B. H. Heide, Union Stock Yards, Chicago. 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Clrss — 1st 2d 3d 

Bull 3 years or over $25 $20 $10 

Bull two years and under three 25 20 10 

Senior yearling bull 25 20 10 

Junior yearling bull 25 20 10 

Senior bull calf 25 20 10 

Junior bull calf 25 20 10 

Cow three years or over 25 20 10 

oow or heifer two years and under Ihiee 25 20 10 

Senior yearling heifer 25 20 10 

Junior yearling heifer 25 20 10 

Senior heifer calf 25 20 10 

Junior heifer calf 25 20 10 

Competition for championship premiums limited to first prize winners in above 

classes. 

Senior champion bull two years or over 30 

Junior champion bull under two years 30 

Best bull any age Ribbon 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over , 30 

Junior champion heifer under two years 30 

Best cow or heifer any age Ribbon 

Aged herd 50 35 20 

Young herd 50 35 20 

Calf herd . 50 30 10 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 75 50 25 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers 20 15 10 

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FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

PURE-BREDS. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years and under three $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 50 40 30 20 10 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 50 40 30 20 10 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 50 

Lot of three head, steer herd 75 50 25 10 5 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS 

(Competition open to all breeds.) 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Steer or heifer calved between Jan. 1, 1907, and Sept. 1, 1907 $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 

Steer or heifer calved between Sept. 1, 1907, and Jan. 1, 1908 50 40 30 20 10 

Steer or heifer calved between Jan. 1, 1908, and Sept. 1, 1908 50 40 30 20 10 

Steer or heifer calved between Sept. 1, 1908, and Jan. 1, 1909 50 40 30 20 10 

Steer or heifer calved since Jan. 1, 1909 50 40 30 20 10 

Champion steer or heifer 50 

Lot of three head, steer herd 75 50 25 10 

Get of one sire, three steers or heifers under three years, open to all 

pure-breds, grades and crosses 75 50 25 

CHAMPIONS BY AGES. 

Champion steer or heifer two years and under three $50 

Champion sleer or heifer one year and under two 50 

Chamrjion sleer or heifer under one year 50 

Champion lot of three head of the show 1 00 

Grand champion steer or heifer of the show 1 00 

DRESSED CARCASSES. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Carcass of sleer or heifer two years and under three $25 $20 $15 $10 $ 5 

Carcass of sleer or heifer one year and under two 25 20 15 10 5 

Champion carcass, competition limited to first prize winners in above 



classes 



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A NEW FEATURE. 



In order to further increase the educational value of the Slaughter Test, the Exposition 
management has created two new classes providing for the judging of animals entered for 
slaughter, to be judged on hoof as well as in carcass, and has offered ithe following prizes: 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Carcass of steer or heifer two years and under three $25 $20 $15 $10 $ 5 

Carcass of steer or heifer one year and under two 25 20 15 10 5 

Entry in carcass classes constitutes eligibility for entry in these classes. 

CARLOAD LOT DIVISION 
(FED AND GRASS CATTLE.) 

NORTHWEST DISTRICT. 
Animals to compete in the following classes must have been bred in the Northwest District, 
which is composed of the following states: Washington, Oregon, California (north of the 
quarantine), Idaho, Nevada and Utah, and the Territories and Provinces of Northwest Canada. 
Bill of sale or other satisfactory evidence that competing animals were bred in this district 
will be required by the management. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three. .$100 $50 $25 HC C 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two. . . 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 100 50 25 HC C 

Carioad of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two.. 100 50 25 HC C 

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NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT. 



Animals to compete in the following classes must have been bred in 
District, which is composed of the following states: Montana, Wyoming, 
South Dakota. Bill of sale, or other satisfactory evidence that competing 
in this district, will be required by the management. 

Class — 1 st 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three. .$100 
Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two .... 1 00 

Carload of 20 feeding calves, steers or heifers 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over...... 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three. 100 
Carload of 1 5 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two . . 1 00 



the North Central 
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SOUTH CENTRAL DISTRICT. 

Animals to compete in the following classes must have been bred in the South Central 
District, which is composed of the following stales: Colorado and that part of the states of 
Kansas and Nebraska lying west of the ninety-eighth degree of longitude. Bill of sale, or other 
satisfactory evidence that competing animals were bred in this district will be required by the 
management. 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three.. $100 
Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two. . 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over , 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three, 
Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two., 



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Animals to compete in the following classes must have been bred in the Southwest District, 

which is composed of the following states : Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and that part of 

Texas and Old Mexico lying north of the United States quarantine line. Bill of sale, or other 
satisfactory evidence that competing animals were bred in this district will be required by the 
management. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three.. $100 $50 $25 HC C 

Carioad of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two. ... 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three. 100 50 25 HC C 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two.. 100 50 25 HC C 



SOUTHERN DISTRICT. 

Animals to compete in the following classes must have been bred in the Southern District, 
which is composed of all that part of the United States and Mexico lying south of the United 
States quarantine line. Bill of sale or other satisfactory evidence that competing animals were 
bred in this district, will be required by the management. 

1st 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three. .$100 
Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heife v s one year and under two. ... 100 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three. 100 
Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two.. 100 



2d 


3d 


4th 


5th 


$50 


$25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 



EASTERN DISTRICT. 



Animals to compete under 
provided for in the foregoing 



in any part of 
been fed by 



an 



this head may have been bred 
five districts. They must have 
(irm, and evidence to that effect will be required by the management 

1st 2d 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over $200 $100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three. 200 100 
Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two. 200 100 



the world 
individual 



3d 

$50 
50 
50 



4th 

HC 
HC 
HC 



not 
or 

5th 

C 
C 
C 



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CARLOADS OF CATTLE SHOWN AS FEEDERS AT THE EXPOSITION OF 1908 
AND RETURNED FOR EXHIBITION IN 1909 
AFTER A YEAR'S FEEDING. 
Class — 1st 

Best carload of 15 head grain-fed cattle? in above class three years old or over $100 

Best carload of 15 head grain-fed cattle in above class two years and under three 100 

Best carload of 15 head grain-fed cattle in above class one year and under two 100 

Certified proof of each exhibit in above classes may be demanded by the management. 

SHORT-FED SPECIALS. 

The International Live Stock Exposition being desirous of determining and demonstrating 
the best and most economical method of feeding cattle, has created the following classes, to be 
known as " Short-Fed Specials." 

1st 2d 3d 

Carload of 15 head one year and under two $100 $50 $25 

Carload of 1 5 head two years and under three 1 00 50 25 

Champion carload of these classes Sterling Silver Cup 

ROSENBAUM SPECIALS. 

Rosenbaum Brothers, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, offer the following additional prizes for 
cattle entered in the "Short-Fed Special" classes: 

Best carload of cattle two years or over $100 

Best carload of cattle under two years 1 00 

Cattle fed by agricultural colleges not eligible for these prizes. 

INGWERSEN SPECIAL. 

Ingwersen Brothers, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, offer an additional prize of $100 for the 
best carload of cattle, any age, entered in the "Short-Fed Special" classes, and stipulate that 
cattle fed by agricultural colleges be not eligible for this prize. 



foregoing sections or 
Entries will be made 



2d 


3d 


4th 


5th 


$50 


$25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


C 


50 


25 


HC 


c 


50 


25 


HC 


c 


50 


25 


HC 


c 



CHAMPION CARLOADS BY AGES. 
Only car lots that have won first prizes in their classes in one of the 
districts are eligible to compete in this section. No previous entry needed, 
by ring stewards after the preceding classes have been judged. 

1st 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three.. $100 
Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two. . . 100 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers three years or over 100 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under three. 100 
Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under two.. 100 

GRAND CHAMPION CARLOADS. 

Grand champion carload 20 head feeding steers or heifers $125 

Grand champion carload 15 head grain-fed steers, spayed, martin or open heifers 125 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 

$5 
5 
5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

5 

$20 

20 

20 

20 

20 

20 



Bull three years or over 

Bull two years and under three 

Senior yearling bull 

Junior yearling bull 

Senior bull calf 

Junior bull calf 

Cow three years or over 

Cow or heifer two years and under three. . . . 

Senior yearling heifer 

Junior yearling heifer 

Senior heifer calf 

Junior heifer calf 

Senior champion bull (wo years or over 

Junior champion bull under two years 

Best bull any age 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or 
Junior champion heifer under two years. . . . 
Best cow or heifer any age 



$20 


$15 


$10 


$10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 


20 


15 


10 


10 



$6 $5 $5 $5 $5 
6 5 5 5 5 






50 


40 


30 


25 


20 


50 


40 


30 


25 


20 


25 


20 


15 


10 


5 


25 


20 


15 


10 


5 



Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Aged herd $50 $40 $30 $25 $20 

Young herd , 

Calf herd , 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers , 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 25 

GOODWIN SPECIAL FOR YOUNG HERD. 

John S. Goodwin offers the following special, which must be won three times by the same 
person before becoming his absolute property: 
First prize young herd of Aberdeen- Angus Sterling Silver Cup, valued at $100 

FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

PURE-BREDS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $ 5 

Sleer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 30 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Lot of three head, steer herd $50 $40 $30 $20 $15 

1st 

Steer or heifer two years and under three $25 

Steer or heifer one year and under two 25 

Steer or heifer under one year 25 

Champion steer or heifer 25 

Champion lot of three head, steer herd 50 

CHAMPIONS BY AGES. 

1st 

Champion steer or heifer two years and under three $30 

Champion steer or heifer one year and under two 30 

Champion steer or heifer under one year 30 

Grand champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 50 

ASSOCIATION SILVER JUBILEE CUP. 

$50.00 Silver Cup for Grand Champion Group of steers, spayed or martin heifers; must be 
won three times by same exhibitor before becoming his absolute property. 

BREEDERS' $100.00 SPECIAL. 

This special prize is offered for the Grand Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer of the 
1909 International Exposition by any one of the following named members of the American 
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association who may have bred its sire: 

M. A. Judy, John S. Goodwin, C. J. Martin, Silas Igo, J. M. Graham, Chas. Escher & 
Son, J. Auracher, White Bros., W. B. Seeley, J. E. Junk. 

CARCASS SPECIALS. 

1st 

Carcass of steer or heifer two years and under three $30 

Carcass of steer or heifer one year and under two 30 

Champion carcass shown in above classes 30 

FAT CARLOAD LOT SPECIALS. 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers two years and under 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 

three $200 $150 $130 $120 $100 $ 75 

Carload of 15 head grain-fed steers or heifers one year and under 

two 200 150 130 120 100 75 

1st 
Grand champion carload grain-fed cattle of the Show (if won by Aberdeen- Angus) $200 

GOODWIN $500.00 SPECIAL FOR GRAND CHAMPION FAT CARLOAD. 
$500.00 cash prize is offered by John S. Goodwin for Grand Champion fat carload of steers 
over all breeds, provided it is won by a carload sired by a bull or bulls bred by him. 

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American Royal Live Stock Show 

Kansas City, Missouri, October 11 to 16, 1 909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen-Angus Cattle by the American 

Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 



Entries must be made with Chas. Giay, Secretary, 17 Exchange Ave., Union Stock Yards, 
Chicago. Entries positively close Sept. 10, 1909. 

(Animals competing must be recorded in the American Aberdeen- Angus Herd- Book.) 
Base date for computing ages will be September 1 and January 1 . 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 
Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 

Bull three years or over $25 $20 $15 $12 $10 $8 $7 $5 

Bull two years and under three 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Senior yearling bull 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Junior yearling bull 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Senior bull calf 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Junior bull calf 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Cow three years or over 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Cow or heifer two vears and under three 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Senior yearling heifer - 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Junior vearling heifer 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Senior heifer ~calf 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

junior heifer calf .\. 25 20 15 12 10 8 7 5 

Senior champion bull two years or over $15 

Junior champion bull under two years 15 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 15 

Junior champion heifer under two years 15 

Best bull any age Ribbon 

Best cow any age Ribbon 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Aged herd $35 $30 $25 $20 

Young heid 35 30 25 20 

Calf herd 35 30 25 20 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers 25 20 16 12 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 25 20 16 12 

Cody & Olmstead Jewelry Co. — Special Silver Cup to the best Aged Herd 

FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 
PURE-BREDS. 

(Animals competing must have sire and dam recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd- 
Book.) 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years and under three $15 $12 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, one year and under two 15 12 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, under one year 15 12 10 5 

1st 2d 3d 

Lot of three head, steer herd $20 $15 $10 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. 

(Animals competing must have sire recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book.) 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $15 $12 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 15 12 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 15 12 10 5 

1st 2d 3d 

Lot of three head, steer herd $20 $15 $10 

Champion pure-bred, grade or cross-bred steer or heifer any age $25 

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FAT CARLOAD LOTS. 

Entiies close October 11, 1909. (Fifteen animals to constitute a carload.) 

Fat cattle competing may have been fattened in any part of the world. No restrictions are 

placed on the places, feeds or methods of the feeder. 

Class 1 st 2d 

Carload of steers or heifers under three years $100 $50 

FEEDER CARLOAD LOTS. 

In all feeding stock classes each carload must consist of either all steers or all heifers that 
have had no grain or concentrated food at any time. 

(Twenty animals to constitute a carload.) 
The term "Feeding" is hereby defined to be exclusively a grass and hay fed animal. Cattle 
that have been fed grain of any sort, cotton seed, oil cake, gluten meal, or any like concentrated 
food, must be entered in fat cattle class only. 

1st 2d 3d 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers two years and under three $40 $30 $20 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers one year and under two 40 30 20 

Carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers under one year 40 30 20 

Champion carload of 20 head feeding steers or heifers, any age : $50 

CHAS. GRAY, Supt. 



Inter-State Live Stock and Horse Show 

South St. Joseph, Missouri, September 20 to 25, 1909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the Management 

of the Inter-State Live Stock and Horse Show and the American 

Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 



Entries must be made with M. B. Irwin, South St. Joseph, Mo. 

Entries close August 31, 1909. 

(Animals competing must be recorded in the American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book.) 

Base dates for computing ages of all entries will be September 1 and January 1 . 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 
Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Bull three years or over $10 $9 $7 $5 $4 

Bull two years and under three 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior yearling bull 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior yearling bull 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior bull calf 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior bull calf . 10 9 7 5 4 

Cow three years or over 10 9 7 5 4 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior yearling heifer 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior yearling heifer 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior heifer calf .' 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior heifer calf 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior champion bull two years or over $ 8 

Junior champion bull under two years 8 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 8 

Junior champion heifer under two years 8 

Best bull, any age \ 

Morris & Co. offer a handsome silver cup on this class. 

Best cow, any age 10 

The St. Joseph Stock Yards Daily Journal offers $20 in special advertising on this class. 

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Class — ■ 1st 

Aged herd $18 

Young herd 18 

Calf herd 18 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 12 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers 12 



2d 


3d 


4th 


$14 


$10 


$ 8 


14 


10 


8 


14 


10 


8 


10 


8 


6 


10 


8 


6 



FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

PURE-BREDS 

(Animals competing must have sire and dam recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd 
Book.) 

1st 2d 3d 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $14 $10 $ 8 

Steei, spaved or martin heifer one year and under two 14 10 8 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 14 10 8 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer under three years 25 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS 
(Animals competing must have sire recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book.) 

1st 2d 3d 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $14 $10 $8 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 14 10 8 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 14 10 8 

Champion grade or cross-bred steer, spayed or martin heifer Ribbon 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Bull three years or over. . . $10 $9 $7 $5 $4 

Bull two years and under three 10 9 5 4 

Senior vearling bull ' 10 9 5 4 

Tunior yearling bull 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior bull calf 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior bull calf 10 9 7 5 4 

Cow three years or over 10 9 7 5 4 

Cow or heifer, two years and under three 10 9 5 4 

Senior yearling heifer 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior vearling heifer 10 9 7 5 4 

Senior heifer calf 10 9 7 5 4 

Junior heifer calf 10 9 7 5 4 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Aged herd $18 $14 $10 $8 

Young herd 18 14 10 8 

Calf herd 18 14 10 8 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 12 10 8 6 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers 12 10 8 6 

Senior champion bull two years or over 8 

Junior champion bull under two years 8 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 8 

Junior champion heifer under two years 8 

Best bull, any age 10 

Best cow or heifer, any age 10 

FAT CATTLE. 
Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 
PURE-BREDS. 
(Animals competing must have sire and dam recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd- 
Book.) 

1st 2d 3d 

Steer or heifer two years and under three $14 $10 $ 8 

Steer or heifer one vear and under two 14 8 

Sleer or heifer under one year 14 10 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer under three years 25 



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GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS 
(Animals competing must have sire recorded in American Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book.) 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $14 $10 $8 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 14 10 8 

Steei, spaved or martin heifer under one year 14 10 8 

Champion grade or cross-bred steer, spayed or martin heifer under three years 10 

FAT CARLOAD LOTS. 

1st 2d 3d 

Carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers three years or over $60 $40 $25 

Carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers two years and under three 60 40 25 

Carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers one year and under two 60 40 25 

Champion carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers, competition limited to first prize 

winners in above classes 50 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

(Cattle competing for these special premiums must show a preponderance of Aberdeen-Angus 
blood.) 

(Fifteen animals to constitute a carload. Fat cattle competing may have been fattened in 
any part of the world. No restrictions are placed on the places, feeds or methods of the feeder.) 

1st 2d 3d 
Carload of 15 head fat steers or heifers under three years $35 $25 $15 

ST. JOSEPH STOCK YARDS BANK SPECIAL. 
Champion carload of fat cattle any age $25 

NATIVE FEEDER CATTLE. 

1st 2d 3d 

Carload. 20 head, feeding steers or heifers two years and under three $50 $30 $20 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers one year and under two 50 30 20 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers under one year 50 30 20 

SOUTHWESTERN FEEDERS. 

The following classification open only to cattle bred and grazed in Arizona, New Mexico and 
that pait of Texas lying north of the United States; quarantine line. 

1st 2d 3d 

Carload. 20 head, feeding steers or heifers over two years $50 $30 $20 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers two years or under. 50 30 20 

NORTHWESTERN FEEDERS. 

The following classification open only to cattle bred and grazed in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, 
Idaho and Montana. 

1st 2d 3d 

carload. 20 head, feeding steers or heifers over two years $50 $30 $20 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers two years or under 50 30 20 

Champion carload of feeders 50 

SPECIAL BY THE ST. JOSEPH CATTLE LOAN CO. 

Champion carload of feeders any age $25 

NOTICE. — There will be several additional specials which are not listed above that the 
Aberdeen-Angus can compete for with other breeds. 



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Western Stock Show 

Denver, Colorado, January 8 to 15, 1910 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the Management 
of the Western Stock Show and the American Aberdeen- Angus 

Breeders' Association. 



(The premiums offered for the Aberdeen-Angus breeding cattle, together with the chief special 
premiums that all breeds can compete for are herewith appended.) 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Bull three years or over $15 $10 $5 $5 $5 

Bull two years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior yearling bull 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior yearling bull 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior bull calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior bull calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Cow three years or over 15 10 5 5 5 

Cow two years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior champion bull, to years or over Ribbon 

Junior champion bull, under two years Ribbon 

Senior champion cow or heifer, two years or over Ribbon 

Junior champion heifer, under two years Ribbon 

Best bull, any age 25 

Best cow or heifer, any age 25 

Aged herd 20 15 10 5 5 

Young herd 20 15 10 5 5 

Calf herd 20 15 10 5 5 

Get of one sire four animals of either sex, or steers 15 10 5 5 5 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 15 10 5 5 5 

FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

PURE-BREDS. 

These classes are open only to steers and heifers whose sire and dam are Vegistered in the 
breed to which they belong. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer or heifer two years and under three $30 $20 $15 $10 

Steer or heifer one year and under two 30 20 15 10 

Steer or heifer under one year : 30 20 15 10 

Champion steer or heifer, any age 50 

Lot of three head, steer herd 40 25 15 10 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS 

Steer or heifer two years and under three $30 $20 $15 $10 

Steer or heifer one year and under two 30 20 15 10 

Steer or heifer under one year 30 20 15 10 

Champion steer or heifer, any age 50 

Lot of three head, steer herd 40 25 15 10 

CARLOAD LOT DIVISION. 
COMMERCIAL FAT CATTLE 

Carload of 15 head, two years and under three $50 $40 $25 

Carload of 1 5 head, one year and under two 50 40 25 

Chamoion carload of these classes 50 

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HAY FED CATTLE 
These classes are open to fat steers or heifers that have been exclusively grass and hay fed. 

Carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers, three years and over $50 $40 $30 $20 

Carload, 15 head, fat steers or heifers, to years and under three 50 40 30 20 

SOUTHWESTERN FEEDERS 

Open only to feeder cattle bred and grazed in Texas, New Mexico or Arizona. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, two years and under three $50 $30 $20 $10 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, one year and under to 50 30 20 10 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, under one year 50 30 20 10 

FEEDER CARLOAD LOTS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, two years and under three. . .$75 $50 $40 $30 $20 
Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, one year and under two. . . 75 50 40 30 20 

Carload, 20 head, feeding steers or heifers, under one year 75 50 40 30 20 

Champion carload, 20 head, competition limited to first prize winners in 

above classes 1 00 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 

Bull three years or over $15 $10 $5 $5 $5 

Bull two years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior yearling bull 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior yearling bull 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior lull calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior bull calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Cow three years or over 15 10 5 5 5 

Cow two years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Junior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 

Senior champion bull, two years or over Ribbon 

Junior champion bull, under two years Ribbon 

Senior champion cow or heifer, two years or over Ribbon 

Junior champion heifer, under two years Ribbon 

Best bull, any age 10 

Best cow or heifer, any age 10 

Aged herd 20 15 10 5 

Young herd , 20 15 10 5 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers 15 10 5 5 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 15 10 5 5 

FAT CATTLE 

Single steers, spayed or martin heifers 

PURE-BREDS 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer $25 

Lot of three head, steer herd 35 $25 $ 1 5 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 25 

Lot of three head, steer herd 35 25 15 

CHAMPION CARLOAD LOTS 

Champion carload steers or heifers, competition limited to first prize winners. Animals 

must show a preponderance of Aberdeen-Angus blood 1 00 

Champion carload, feeder steers or heifers, competition limited to first prize winners. 

Animals must show a preponderance of Aberdeen- Angus blood 1 00 

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Iowa State Fair 



Des Moines, Iowa, August 27 to September 3, 1909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by Ioiva State Fair 
Management and the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 

(Competition open to the world.) 



NOTE. — The special Iowa class for Aberdeen-Angus cattle was discontinued and the amount 
offered therein added to this class. 

Of the following amount of premiums offered $500.00 is given by the American Aberdeen- 
Angus Breeders' Association for Aberdeen-Angus breeding cattle. 

Base date for computing ages will be September 1 and January 1 . 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 

Bull three years or over $25 $20 $15 $12 $10 $6 $5 $5 

Bull two years and under three 25 20 15 12 10 6 5 5 

Senior yearling bull 25 20 15 10 7 6 5 5 

Junior yearling bull 25 20 15 10 7 6 5 5 

Senior bull calf 20 15 12 10 7 6 5 5 

Junior bull calf 20 15 12 10 7 6 5 5 

Cow three years or over 25 20 15 12 10 6 5 5 

Heifer two years old and under three 25 20 15 12 10 6 5 5 

Senior yearling heifer 25 20 15 10 7 6 5 5 

Junior vearling heifer 25 20 15 10 7 6 5 5 

Senior heifer calf 20 15 12 10 7 6 5 3 

Junior heifer calf 20 15 12 10 7 6 5 5 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 

Aged herd $35 $25 $20 $15 $10 $10 $10 

Young herd 35 25 20 15 10 10 10 

Calf herd 25 20 15 12 10 7 5 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 30 25 20 15 10 7 5 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers. ... 25 20 18 15 10 7 5 

Senior champion bull two years or over 10 

Junior champion bull under two years 10 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 10 

Junior champion heifer under two years 10 

Best bull any age 25 

Best cow anv age 25 

FAT CATTLE. 

PURE-BREDS. 
Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

Of the total amount of premiums in the class for fat Aberdeen- Angus $200.00 is offered by 
the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association and $50.00 by the Iowa Aberdeen-Angus 
Breeders' Association. 

Animals competing in the pure-bred sections must have sire and dam recorded in the American 
Aberdeen-Angus Herd-Book. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years old and under three $25 $15 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 25 15 10 5 

Steer, spaved or martin heifer under one year 25 15 10 5 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 25 

Champion lot of three head, steer herd 25 20 15 5 

GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. 
A grade Aberdeen-Angus is defined as the get of a registered' Aberdeen-Angus bull out of a 
cow not belonging to any recognized purei breed, and a cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus is defined as 
an animal by a registered Aberdeen-Angus bull and out of a registered cow of any recognized 
pure breed. 



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Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $25 $15 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 25 15 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 25 15 10 5 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 25 

Champion lot of three head, steer herd 25 20 15 5 

PURE-BREDS, GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. 
Steers or heifers entered or eligible to entry in any of the four preceding classes are barred 
from showing in this class. Under this rule all pure-bred, grade or cross-bred steers and heifers 
can compete in this class except Shorthorns, Herefords, Aberdeen-Angus or Galloways. Read 
carefully the rule denning a grade or cross-bred animal under the four breeds named. 

1st 2d 3d 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $12 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two 12 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 12 10 5 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 15 

Champion lot of three head, steer herd 18 10 5 

Grand champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 50 

Grand champion lot of three head, steer herd 75 



Iowa Inter-State Fair 

Sioux City, Iowa, September 20 to 26, 1 909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the Inter-State 
Fair Management and the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 



(Animals competing for these premiums must be recorded in the American Aberdeen-Angus 
Herd-Book.) 

Base date* for computing ages will be September 1 and January 1 . 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Bull three years or over $15 $7 $5 $3 

Bull two years and under three 15 7 5 3 

Bull one year and under two 15 7 5 3 

Senior bull calf 10 5 3 2 

Junior bull calf 10 5 3 2 

Cow three years or over , 15 7 5 3 

Heifer two years and under three 15 7 5 3 

Senior yearling heifer 15 7 5 3 

Junior yearling heifer 15 7 5 3 

Senior heifer calf 10 5 3 2 

Junior heifer calf 10 5 3 2 

1st 2d 3d 

Aged herd $30 $15 $10 

Young herd 30 15 10 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex or steers 30 15 10 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex or steers 20 15 10 

Best bull any age 25 

Best cow or heifer any age 25 

FAT CATTLE. 

Single Steers, Spayed or Martin Heifers. 

PURE-BREDS, GRADES AND CROSS-BREDS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years and under three $25 $15 $10 $ 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer one year and under two. , 25 15 10 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer under one year 25 15 10 5 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 50 

Champion lot of three head, steer herd 50 30 20 10 

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AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 

Bull three years or over $15 $10 $5 $5 $5 $5 

Bull two years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Bull one vear and under two 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Senior bull calf 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Junior bull calf 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Cow three years or over 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Heifer two ^years and under three 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Senior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Junior yearling heifer 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Senior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 5 

Junior heifer calf 15 10 5 5 5 5 

The American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association will duplicate all prizes in classes for 
Fat Stock, providing they are won by pure-bred, grade or cross-bred Aberdeen-Angus, and the 
amount does not exceed $200.00. In case duplication of above premiums in classes for Fat Stock 
should exceed $200.00 by Aberdeen-Angus winnings, the premiums on awards will be pro-rated so 
that the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association will only be liable for $200 00. 



Minnesota State Fair 



Hamline, Minnesota, September 6 to 11, 1 909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the Minnesota 

State Fair Management and the American Aberdeen-Angus 

Breeders* Association 



ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 

Bull three years or over $15 $12 $8 $5 

Bull two years and under three 15 12 8 5 

Senior yearling bull 12 10 4 

Junior yearling bull 12 10 7 4 

Senior bull calf 12 10 7 4 

Junior bull calf 12 10 7 4 

Cow three years or over 15 12 8 5 

Heifer two years and under three 15 12 8 5 

Senior yearling heifer 12 10 4 

Junior yearling heifer 12 10 7 4 

Senior heifer calf 12 10 7 4 

Junior heifer calf 12 10 7 4 

Senior champion bull two years or over $ 1 

Senior champion cow or heifer two years or over 10 

Junior champion bull under two years 10 

Junior champion heifer under two years 10 

1st 2d 3d 

Aged herd $75 $50 $25 

Young herd 50 40 20 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers 25 15 10 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 25 15 10 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS. 

1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 

Bull three years or over $9 $6 $5 $4 $3 $2 

Bull two years and under three 9 6 5 4 3 2 

Senior yearling bull 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior vearling bull 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Senior bull calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior bull calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Cow three years or over 9 6 5 4 3 2 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 9 5 5 4 3 2 

Senior yearling heifer 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior vearling heifer 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Senior heifer calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior heifer calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 



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FAT CATTLE. 
Class— 1st 2d 3d 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years and under three $10 $7 $5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, one year and under two 10 7 5 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, under one year 10 7 5 

Champion steer, spayed or maiiin heifer 10 

Lot of three head, steer herd 10 8 6 

(Competition open to Aberdeen-Angus, Hereford and Galloway, grade or pure-bred.) 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, two years and under three $25 $20 $15 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, one year and under two 25 20 15 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, under one year 25 20 15 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 25 



Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri State Fairs 



Amount of premiums offered for Aberdeen-Angus cattle, by the managements of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois 
and Missouri State Fairs, the date each Fair is to be held, and a classification of the $300.00 appro- 
priation of special premiums offered at each Fair by the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' 
Association : 

AMOUNT OFFERED 
NAME OF FAIR LOCATION BY MANAGEMENT DATE OF FAIR 

Ohio Columbus, Ohio $ 643.00 August 30-September 3, 1909 

Indiana Indianapolis, Ind. 1,236.00 September 6-10, 1909 

Illinois Springfield, III. 1,080.00 September 27-October 2, 1909 

Missouri Sedalia, Mo. 730.00 October 4-8, 1909 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE 

AMERICAN ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION SPECIALS 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 

Bull three years or over $9 $6 $5 $4 $3 $2 

Bull two years and under three 9 6 5 4 3 2 

Senior yearling bull 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior yearling bull 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Senior bull calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior bull calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Cow three years or over 9 6 5 4 3 2 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 9 6 5 4 3 2 

Senior yearling heifer . . . . '. 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior yearling heifer 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Senior heifer calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 

Junior heifer calf 7 5 4 3 2 2 



Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin and 
Oklahoma State Fairs 



Amount of premiums offered for Aberdeen-Angus cattle by the managements of Nebraska, South 
Dakota, Wisconsin and Oklahoma State Fairs, the date each Fair is to be held, and a classification 
of the $200.00 appropriation of special premiums offered at each Fair by the American Aberdeen- 
Angus Breeders' Association: 



AMOUNT OFFERED 



NAME OF FAIR 


LOCATION 


BY MANAGEMENT 


DATE OF FAIR 


Nebraska 


Lincoln, Neb. 


$633.00 


September 


6-10, 1909 


South Dakota 


Huron, S. D. 


409.00 


September 


13-18, 1909 


Wisconsin 


Milwaukee, Wis. 


516.00 


September 


13-17, 1909 


Oklahoma 


Oklahoma City, Okla. 


700.00 


September 


29-October 8, 1909 



99 



2d 


3d 


4th 


5th 6th 


$ 5 


$ 3 


$ 2 


$ 2 $ 1 


5 


3 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


5 


3 


2 


2 1 


5 


3 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 


3 


2 


2 


2 1 



Class — 1st 

Bull three years or over $ 7 

Bull two years and under three 7 

Senior yearling bull 5 

Junior vearling bull 5 

Senior bull calf 5 

Junior bull calf 5 

Cow three years or over 7 

Cow or heifer two years and under three 7 

Senior yearling heifer 5 

Junior vearling heifer 5 

Senior heifer calf 5 

Junior heifer calf 5 



Kansas and Kentucky State Fairs 
Kentucky Blue Grass Fair 

Amount of premiums offered for Aberdeen-Angus cattle by the managements of Kansas and Kentucky 
State Fairs, also Kentucky Blue Grass Fair, the date each Fair is to be held, and a classification 
of the $200.00 appropriation of special premiums offered at each Fair by the American Aberdeen- 
Angus Breeders' Association: 

AMOUNT OFFERED 
NAME OF FAIR LOCATION BY MANAGEMENT DATE OF FAIR 

Blue Grass Fair Lexington, Ky. $452.00 August 9-14. 1909 

Kansas Hutchinson, Kans. 424.00 September 11-17, 1909 

Kentucky Louisville, Ky. 468.00 September 13-18, 1909 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 

Bull three years or over $9 $6 $4 $3 $2 $ 

Bull two years and under three 9 6 4 3 2 

Bull one year and under two 9 6 4 3 2 

Bull under one year 9 6 4 3 2 

Cow three years or over 9 6 4 3 2 

Heifer two years and under three 9 6 4 3 2 

Heifer one year and under two 9 6 4 3 2 

Heifer under one year 9 6 4 3 2 



North Dakota State Fair 

Grand Forks, North Dakota, July 20 to 24, 1909 

Classification of Premiums Offered by the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' 

Association 



Amount of premiums offered by North Dakota State Fair management for Aberdeen-Angus 
cattle, $436. 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 

Bull three years or over $9 $6 $5 

Bull two years and under three 9 6 

Bull one year and under two 9 6 5 

Senior bull calf 9 6 5 

Junior bull calf 9 6 5 

Cow three years or over 9 6 

Heifer two years and under three 9 6 

Heifer one year and under two 9 6 

Senior heifer calf 9 6 5 

Junior heifer calf 9 6 5 

100 



West Virginia State Fair 

Wheeling, West Virginia, September 6 to 1 0, 1 909 

Classification of Premiums Offered by the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' 

Association 



Amount of premiums offered by Fair management for Aberdeen-Angus cattle $320.00. 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 
Class — 1 st 

Bull three years or over $8 

Bull two years and under three 7 

Bull one year and under two 7 

Bull calf six months and under twelve 7 

Bull calf under six months 7 

Cow three years or over 8 

Cow two years and under three 7 

Heifer 18 months and under two years 7 

Heifer 12 months and under 18 months 7 

Heifer six months and under 12 months 7 

Heifer under six months 7 



2d 


3d 


4th 5th 6th 


$ 5 


$ 3 


$ 1 $ 1 $ 1 


5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 




5 


3 





Tennessee and Virginia State Fair 



NAME OF FAIR 

Tennessee 
Virginia 



Amount of premiums offered for Aberdeen-Angus cattle by the managements of Tennessee and 
Virginia State Fairs, the date each Fair is to be held, and a classification of the $100.00 appropria- 
tion of special premiums offered at each Fair by the American, Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Asso- 
ciation: 

AMOUNT OFFERED 
LOCATION BY MANAGEMENT DATE OF FAIR 

Nashville, Tenn. $805.00 September 20-25, 1909 

Richmond, Va. $400.00 October 4-9, 1909 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Bull three years or over $4.50 $ 3 $ 2 $ 1 $ 1 $ 

Bull two years and under three 4.50 3 2 

Bull one year and under two . 4.50 3 2 

Bull under one year 4.50 3 2 

Cow three years or over 4.50 3 2 

Heifer two years and under three 4.50 3 2 

Heifer one year and under two 4.50 3 2 

Heifer under one year 4.50 3 2 



Michigan State Fair 



Detroit, Michigan, September 2 to 10, 1909 

Classification of Premiums Offered by the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' 

Association 



Amount of premiums offered by Michigan State Fair management for Aberdeen-Angus cattle, 
$650.00. 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Bull three years or over $ 3 

Bull two years and under three 3 

Yearling bull 3 

Senior bull calf 3 

Junior bull calf 3 

Cow three years or over 3 

Heifer two years and under three 3 

Yearling heifer 3 

Senior heifer calf 3 

Junior heifer calf . 3 



$ 2 


$ 2 $ 


$ 


$ 1 


2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 






2 


2 







101 



Colorado Inter-State Fair 

Denver, Colorado, September 11 to 17, 1 909 

Classification of Premiums Offered by the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' 

Association 



Amount of premiums offered by Colorado Inter-State Fair management for Aberdeen-Angus 
cattle, $1,056.00. 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING CATTLE. 

Class— 1st 2d 3d 4th 

Bull three years or over $3 $2 $2 $ 

Bull two years and under three 3 2 2 

Senior yearling bull 3 2 2 

Junior yearling bull 3 2 2 

Senior bull calf 3 2 2 

Junior bull calf 3 2 2 

Cow three years or over 3 2 2 

Heifer two years and under three 3 2 2 

Senior yearling heifer 3 2 2 

Junior yearling heifer 3 2 2 

Senior heifer calf 3 2 2 

Junior heifer calf 3 2 2 



Montana Inter-State Fair 

Bozeman, Montana, September 1 3 to 18, 1 909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by the Management 
of the Inter-State Fair and the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 



Of the amount offered below in prizes, $200.00 is given by the American Aberdeen-Angus 
Breeders' Association. At least two herds which will exhibit at the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposi- 
tion must compete, otherwise, the appropriation of the American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' 
Association will be only $100.00, and the prizes will be reduced accordingly. 

Base date for computing ages, September 1st and January 1st. 

1st. 2nd. 3rd. 

Bull, three years or over $12.50 $8.50 $4.00 

Bull, two years and under three 12.50 8.50 4.00 

Senior yearling bull 10.00 6.50 3.50 

Junior yearling bull 10.00 6.50 3.50 

Bull, under one year 10.00 6.50 3.50 

Cow, three years or over. . . . , 12.50 8.50 4.00 

Cow, two years and under three 12.50 8.50 4.00 

Senior yearling heifer 10.00 8.50 4.00 

Junior yearling heifer 10.00 6.50 3.50 

Heifer under one year 10.00 6.50 3.50 

Senior champion bull Diploma 

Junior champion bull Diploma 

Senior champion cow or heifer Diploma 

Junior champion heifer Diploma 

Grand champion bull Diploma 

Grand champion cow or heifer Diploma 

Aged herd $20.00 $13.50 $6.50 

Young herd 20.00 13.50 6.50 

Calf herd. 20.00 13.50 6.50 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers 20.00 13.50 6.50 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 10.00 6.50 3.50 

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San Antonio Fair 

San Antonio, Texas, November 6 to 1 7, 1 909 

Classification and Premiums Offered for Aberdeen- Angus Cattle by San Antonio 
Fair Management and the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association 



ABERDEEN-ANGUS BREEDING AND FAT CATTLE. 
Class— 1st 2d 

Bull three years or over $20 $ 1 

Bull two years and under three 20 10 

Bull one year and under two 20 10 

Bull calf . 20 10 

Cow three years or over 20 10 

Cow two years and under three 20 10 

Heifer one year and under two 20 10 

Heifer calf 20 10 

Champion bull 25 

Champion cow 25 

Aged herd 25 15 

Young herd 25 15 

Get of one sire, four animals of either sex, or steers 25 15 

Produce of one cow, two animals of either sex, or steers 25 15 

The American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association will pay one-half of the following specials: 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer two years and under three $15 $10 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, one year and under two 15 10 

Steer, spayed or martin heifer, under one year 15 10 

Champion steer, spayed or martin heifer 25 

Montana State Fair management offers a classification of $248.00 and in addition the American 
Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association offers a classification of $100.00. 

NOTICE. — In addition to the classifications and premiums listed above for 1909, numerous 
specials are offered for steers, and also specials in form of cups, etc., for breeding and fat animals, 
and liberal classifications and premiums are offered for Aberdeen-Angus at Toronto, Ontario, 
Canada, August 28-September 13; Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada, in July; Brandon, Manitoba, 
Canada, in July; Sacramento, California, Au«ust 28-September, 4; Salem, Oregon, September 13- 
18; Portland, Oregon, September 20-25; Spokane, Washington, September 20-25; Douglas, Wyom- 
ing, September 28-October 1 ; Salt Lake City, Utah, October 4-9 ; Memphis, Tennessee, October 
5-14; Birmingham, Alabama, October 11-20; Dallas, Texas, October 16-31; Raleigh, North Caro- 
lina, October 18-23; Shreveport, Louisiana, November 1-6; Columbia, South Carolina, November 
1 -6, and many other Fairs and Shows which our limited space will not permit us| to print in extended 
form. 



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Pure-Bred Cattle Sales 

Comparative Averages of American Public Sale Prices for Ten Years, as 
Reported by Breeder's Gazette, 1899-1908 



Name of Breed. 



Shorthorn 
Hereford 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Galloway 
Polled Durham 
Red Poll 



1908 



No. of 
Sales. 



59 
15 
18 

o 
o 

6 
1 



No. Sold. 



2G89 
93G 
955 
136 
244 
3 



Average 
Price. 



$146 50 

116 15 

165 10 

84 50 

124 50 

50 0) 



1907 



No. of 
Sales. 



84 

29 

18 

3 

3 

3 



No. Sold. 



3608 

1358 

1119 

123 

106 

97 



Average 


Price. 


$1C0 


15 


123 


70 


134 


75 


139 


05 


130 


35 


83 


65 



Name of Breed. 



Shorthorn 
Hereford 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Galloway 
Polled Durham 
Red Poll 



1906 



No. of 
Sales. 



95 
21 
25 

1 

3 
1 



No. Sold. 



Average 
Price. 



4210 

1122 

1/559 

49 

81 

30 



$144 90 

121 15 

154 90 

108 85 

143 40 

121 00 



1905 



No. of 

Sales. 



No. Sold. 



Average 
Price. 



82 

24 

22 

5 

1 

3 



3512 

1179 

1084 

190 

34 

94 



139 75 
115 35 
130 35 
103 85 
231 75 
109 8) 







1904 






1903 




Name of Breed. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


AA'erage 
Price. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


Aver? ge 
Price. 


Shorthorn 
Hereford 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Galloway 
Polled Durham 
Red Poll 


65 

28 
21 

6 

7 
1 


2755 

1481 

932 

133 

286 
48 


101 25 
117 10 
132 80 
143 55 
100 00 
70 00 


89 

30 

14 

o 

8 
1 


4474 
2029 

1041 

161 

282 

22 


174 15 
172 50 
220 15 
116 10 
L55 55 
L45 00 




1902 


1901 


Name of Breed. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


Average 
Price. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


Average 
Price. 


Shorthorn 
Hereford 
Aberdeen -Angus 
Galloway 
Polled Durham 
Red Poll 


120 

31 

17 

3 

5 

2 


6152 

2597 

1065 

206 

159 

149 


260 40 
265 70 
259 80 
185 15 
221 95 
248 00 


101 
32 

15 
2 
8 
2 


4045 

1885 

894 

68 

243 

79 


280 90 
240 80 
277 45 
207 55 
216 55 
230 50 




1900 


1899 


Name of Breed. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


Average 
Price. 


No. of 
Sales. 


No. Sold. 


A vera ge 
Price. 


Shorthorn 
Hereford 
Aberdeen- Angus 
Galloway 
Polled Durham 
Red Poll 


49 

21 

8 

3 

3 


2628 

1849 

541 

195 

81 


$225 37 
271 68 
288 00 
169 44 
241 42 


1 


1794 

1033 

469 

120 


$175 75 

2G2 44 
247 00 
167 00 



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American Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association 

Sales for 1 909 

American Royal Sale, Kansas City, Mo., October 1 2 

International Sale, Chicago, 111., December 3 

Western Stock Show Sale, Denver, Colo., January 14, 1910 



The chief objects for holding Auction Sales in connection with the International, American 
Royal and Western Stock Shows, under the auspices of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' 
Association are: First, to furnish a market for members of the Association who have some good 
surplus for sale; Second, to afford any breeder or stockman an opportunity to attend the greatest 
shows of the country and make his own comparisons and selections from the cream of the breed; 
and the Third purpose is to establish a criterion of prices. 

While the foregoing table of averages exhibits records that every Aberdeen-Angus breeder can 
boast of with some degree of satisfaction, the Association cannot boast very enthusiastically over the 
records it has made even at Chicago Sales held under its auspices, and far less appropriately 
can anything be said of Association Sales that have been held under the Association auspices at 
Kansas City. 

Should the Association Sale at Kansas City, located at the very threshold of the greatest cattle 
district of this country, or even the world, continue to receive scarcely any support and remain in the 
rut of unpopularity? This question should be unanimously answered in the negative, and a spirit 
of support manifested by liberal entries from the best herds tributary to Kansas City and a general 
support sale day from breeders in attendance at the Show. The Andrews-Davis Bros.' Sale recently 
held at Maryville, Mo., was in every way as successful a Sale as has been held in any part of the 
country, thus the Association should be able to hold a successful Sale annually at Kansas City during 
the American Royal Show. 

The 1908 Sales held in connection with the American Royal Show and the International 
Exposition are the only sales that have been conducted in every particular by the Association, and 
while the net profit from these Sales was very small, the Board of Directors at their last meeting 
considered same sufficient to cover a thorough inspection of all cattle to be entered in the American 
Aberdeen- Angus Breeders' Association Sales of 1909. It is to be hoped inspection will eliminate 
all tail-enders which have been invariably in evidence at all past Sales, just enough to detract from 
the average price and solicit remarks of sarcasm from breeders of rival breeds. 

Applications for entry must be filed immediately with Chas. Gray, Secretary, 17 Exchange Ave., 
Chicago, so that arrangements can be made to formulate a route for an inspector to make all in- 
spections on one trip. 

The Association solicits sale entries from members that are prepared to comply with the rules 
set forth in the following blank entry form, which will be furnished to any one upon request. 

The following blank entry form may appear rather rigid to some, however, it is a move that 
has grown out of the many demands that have been made upon the Association for the Tuberculin 
Test, guarantees, etc. We believe it is only the question of a short time until the Tuberculin Test 
will become universal in this country and Canada and all Sales will have to be conducted under 
rigid rules to be successful to the seller and buyer and all other parties concerned. 



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Application for Sale Entry of Bull 

In American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association Sale. 

To be held at 19.... 

Name and number of bull 

Is this bull healthy and free from contagious disease? , 

Is he an active server? 

Is he a sure breeder? 

Give number of cows this bull has bred this season (If bull is not of serviceable 

age this will be taken into consideration, however, if he is of serviceable age and has not been 
used, reasons for same should be given.) 

Give number of cows returned for service 

Give number of cows settled with calf 

Has this bull been subjected to Tuberculin Test? If so, give date of test or tests 

I hereby certify that the above questions have been answered correctly and information given 
to the best of my knowledge. 



Signed. 



An animal to be eligible for entry in Sale must have passed Tuberculin Test, or be entered 
subject to Test, within a period of 90 days from date of sale. The Test in all cases must be 
conducted by a competent veterinarian who is a graduate of an accredited school of veterinary 
science, and a chart properly executed and signed must accompany each entry. 

FEES. $15.00 covers Sale fee per head, corv and calf will he regarded as one entry. 
7.50 one-half of Sale fee must accompany application of entry. 
7.50 the remaining half mill he due and payable day of Sale. 

All Certificates of Registry and Transfer that belong to animal must accompany application 
for entry. 

Notice and answer all questions correctly in order to avoid delay. 



Application for Sale Entry of Cow 

In American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association Sale. 

To be held at 19.... 

Name and number of cow . . 

If cow has calf at foot recorded, give name and number 

If calf is unrecorded, give date of birth, sex, and name and number of sire 

If cow is bred, give date of service and name and number of bull bred to 

Is this cow healthy and free from contagious disease? 

Has she been a regular breeder ? 

Give number calves recorded to her credit 

Give number calves unrecorded to her credit and reasons why they have not been recorded 

Has this cow been subjected to Tuberculin Test? If so, give date of test or tests 

I hereby certify that the above questions have been answered correctly and information given 
to the best of my knowledge. 

Signed 

An animal lo be eligible for entry in Sale must have passed Tuberculin Test, or be entered 
subject to Test, within a period of 90 days from date of sale. The Test in all cases must be 
conducted by a competent veterinarian who is a graduate of an accredited school of veterinary 
science, and a chart properly executed and signed must accompany each entry. 

FEES. $1 5.00 covers Sale fee per head, cotv and calf will he regarded as one entry. 

7.50 one-half of Sale fee must accompany application of entry. 

7.50 the remaining half will he due and payable day of Sale. 
All Certificates of Registry and Transfer that belong to animal must accompany application 
for entry. 

Notice and answer all questions correctly in order to avoid delay. 



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